Plant Guide to Nature Trail, James Reserve, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#Pls
0.00				Begin trail at northeast end of parking area, at sign "Nature Trail"; elevation 5400 feet (1646 m)
0.00	l	1		Sierra Nevada lotus	Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis	20 / 4
0.00	l	2		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	50 / 2
0.00	l	3		wild pepper-grass	Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii	1 / 1
0.00	r	4		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	99 / 9
0.00	b	5		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 5
0.00	l	6		blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus	99 / 9
0.00	l	7		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	99 / 9
0.00	r	8		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9
0.00	r	9		Sierra hoary coffeeberry	Frangula californica ssp. cuspidata	50 / 9
0.00	l	10		ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica	99 / 9
0.01	r	11		western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	20 / 2
0.01	r	12		Parish's burning bush	Euonymus occidentalis var. parishii	50 / 2
0.01	r	13		Fendler's meadow-rue	Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri	15 / 3
0.01	l	14		stinging nettle	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	10 / 1
0.01				First crossing of Indian Creek
0.01	l	15		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	50 / 9
0.01	b	16		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	99 / 5
0.01	r	17		woodland strawberry	Fragaria vesca	99 / 2
0.02	l	18		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	99 / 9
0.02	l	19		sticky cinquefoil	Drymocallis glandulosa var. viscida	30 / 4
0.02	l	20		Cleveland's horkelia	Horkelia clevelandii var. clevelandii	20 / 1
0.02	b	21		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	50 / 5
0.02	l			(western azalea, Rhododendron occidentale; pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea)
0.02	l	22		Mexican rush	Juncus mexicanus	99 / 2
0.02	l			(white-veined wintergreen, Pyrola picta)
0.02	l	23	~	*mouse-ear chickweed	Cerastium glomeratum	99 / 1
0.03	l	24		silky lotus	Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii	30 / 5
0.03	l	25		whisker-brush	Leptosiphon ciliatus	99 / 1
0.03	r	26		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	99 / 1
0.03	b	27		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	40 / 5
0.03	r	28		broad-leaved lotus	Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia	5 / 1
0.03	r	29		deergrass	Muhlenbergia rigens	99 / 9
0.03	r	30		mustang mint	Monardella breweri ssp. lanceolata	99 / 9
0.03	l	31		mountain red-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida	99 / 3
0.03	l			(pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea; Coulter pine, Pinus coulteri; sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana; goldenrod, Solidago velutina ssp. californica)
0.03	r			(naked buckwheat, Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum)
0.03	e			Sign: “Camp Limit”
0.03	l	32		pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	99 / 2
0.03	r	33		San Bernardino suncup	Camissoniopsis confusa	20 / 2
0.04	r	34		swamp sedge	Carex senta	50 / 9
0.04	l	35		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	99 / 9
0.05	r	36		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana	50 / 9
0.05	r	37		curve-flowered skullcap	Scutellaria siphocampyloides	99 / 3
0.05	l	38		coastal gilia	Gilia diegensis	8 / 1
0.05	r	39		San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	99 / 9
0.06	r	40		rigid hedge-nettle	Stachys rigida	30 / 2
0.06	r	41		goldenrod	Solidago velutina ssp. californica	99 / 5
0.06	r	42		Parish's lupine	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	2 / 2
0.06	r	43		green miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	10 / 1
0.07				Second crossing of Indian Creek
0.07	r	44		false monkeyflower	Mimulus pilosus	20 / 1
0.07	r	45		spike bentgrass	Agrostis exarata	6 / 1
0.07	r	46		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	20 / 5
0.08	b	47		smooth scouring rush	Equisetum laevigatum	99 / 1
0.10	l	48		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	50 / 9
0.11	r	49		Coulter pine	Pinus coulteri	50 / 9
0.12	l	50		white fir	Abies concolor	20 / 2
0.12	r	51		little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	50 / 1
0.12	l			Jct. use trail to Creek
0.14	l	52		Palmer's ceanothus	Ceanothus palmeri	30 / 1
0.14	l			(subarctic lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum)
0.16	l	53		thimbleberry	Rubus parviflorus	20 / 1
0.16	l	54		western azalea	Rhododendron occidentale	99 / 5
0.16	r	55		white-veined wintergreen	Pyrola picta	30 / 3
0.17	b	56		spreading dogbane	Apocynum androsaemifolium	30 / 2
0.17	l			(lemon lily, Lilium parryi)
0.19	l			(snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.21	l	57		spotted coralroot	Corallorhiza maculata	30 / 2
0.23				First branch of third crossing of Indian Creek
0.24	r	58		lemon lily	Lilium parryi	15 / 2
0.24				Second branch of third crossing of Indian Creek, on a wood plank
0.31				Switchback left
0.31	b	59		forest sedge	Carex multicaulis	5 / 3
0.31	l	60		western morning-glory	Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata	20 / 2
0.31	r	61		western lupine	Lupinus formosus var. formosus	20 / 1
0.32				Switchback right
0.33	l	62		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	99 / 9
0.34				Switchback left
0.34	r			(chaparral yucca, Hesperoyucca whipplei)
0.34	r	63		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	20 / 5
0.35	r	64		chaparral yucca	Hesperoyucca whipplei	20 / 3
0.35				First of three high points on trail, elevation 5550 feet
0.36	r	65		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	50 / 9
0.39	r	66		southern tauschia	Tauschia arguta	10 / 1
0.39	r			(southern honeysuckle, Lonicera subspicata var. denudata)
0.39	l	67		California bay	Umbellularia californica	6 / 1
0.40	r			(whorledleaf penstemon, Keckiella ternata var. ternata; California elegant rock-cress, Boechera californica)
0.44				Switchback right
0.45				Switchback left
0.47	l	68	sp	Hall's brome	Bromus hallii	2 / 1
0.47	r			(blue dicks, Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum; California buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium)
0.47	e	69		chaparral whitethorn	Ceanothus leucodermis	40 / 5
0.47	r	70		California-aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	50 / 9
0.47	r	71		wide-throated yellow monkeyflower	Mimulus brevipes	99 / 9
0.47	l			(woolly angelica, Angelica tomentosa)
0.47	r	72		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	99 / 9
0.47	l	73		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	20 / 4
0.47	r	74		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	40 / 9
0.48	l	75		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	30 / 9
0.48	l	76		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	20 / 3
0.48	l	77		slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	5 / 1
0.48				Second of three high points on trail
0.49	r	78		Fremont's monkeyflower	Mimulus fremontii var. fremontii	99 / 5
0.50	b	79		rattail fescue	Festuca myuros	40 / 2
0.55	b	80		Parish's tauschia	Tauschia parishii	50 / 5
0.56	r	81		pine dwarf-mistletoe	Arceuthobium campylopodum	1 / 1
0.56				Third of three high points on trail
0.63	r	82		Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii	20 / 1
0.64	r	83		coast-range melic	Melica imperfecta	5 / 1
0.65	r	84		popcorn flower	Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia	12 / 1
0.66	r	85		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger	9 / 2
0.68	b	86		wide-glumed needle grass	Stipa latiglumis	20 / 3
0.69	r	87		strigose lotus	Acmispon strigosus	10 / 1
0.69	r			(Martin's paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii; small fescue, Festuca microstachys)
0.69	r	88		scarlet bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	30 / 9
0.69	r	89		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	5 / 2
0.73	r	90		June grass	Koeleria macrantha	13 / 1
0.75	l	91		San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	99 / 3
0.76	r	92		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	40 / 3
0.77	l	93		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum	2 / 1
0.78				(goosefoot yellow violet, Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum)
0.79	l	94		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina	2 / 1
0.79	r	95		diamond-petaled clarkia	Clarkia rhomboidea	30 / 1
0.79	r	96		twiggy wreath plant	Stephanomeria virgata	1 / 1
0.79				T-jct. with road; go left
0.80	r	97		three-lobed oxytheca	Sidotheca trilobata	25 / 1
0.82	b	98		slender everlasting	Pseudognaphalium thermale	20 / 2
0.82	l			(woodland spurge, Euphorbia lurida)
0.85	r	99		Mexican manzanita	Arctostaphylos pungens	1 / 1
0.85	r	100		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata var. patula	2 / 1
0.86				T-Jct. with entrance road; go left
0.86	r	101		California elegant rock-cress	Boechera californica	5 / 1
0.86	r	102		*English plantain	Plantago lanceolata	20 / 2
0.87	l	103		Lewis' flax	Linum lewisii var. lewisii	20 / 1
0.87	l			(Parry's green-gentian, Frasera parryi)
0.87	l	104		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	5 / 1
0.87	l	105		lesser paintbrush	Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis	3 / 1
0.87	l	106		goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	30 / 1
0.87	l	107		blue dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	16 / 1
0.89	l	108		snow-plant	Sarcodes sanguinea	4 / 1
0.89	l	109		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	1 / 1
0.90	r	110		yellow willow	Salix lutea	1 / 1
0.90	b	111		white alder	Alnus rhombifolia	2 / 1
0.90	b	112		common monkeyflower	Mimulus guttatus	99 / 2
0.90	l	113		streambank lotus	Hosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia	30 / 1
0.90	l			(stream orchid, Epipactis gigantea)
0.90	r	114		subarctic lady-fern	Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum	3 / 1
0.90	b	115		scarlet monkeyflower	Mimulus cardinalis	10 / 1
0.90	r	116		willow-leaved dock	Rumex californicus	1 / 1
0.90	r	117		horsetail	Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine	2 / 1
0.90				Middle of bridge over fourth crossing of Indian Creek
0.90	r	118		giant chain fern	Woodwardia fimbriata	1 / 1
0.90	r	119		*common bedstraw	Galium aparine	2 / 1
0.90	r	120		Utah service-berry	Amelanchier utahensis	2 / 1
0.90	l	121		California wild rose	Rosa californica	20 / 1
0.92	l	122		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	5 / 1
0.93	l	123		slender wreathplant	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei	1 / 1
0.94	l	124		Spanish clover	Acmispon americanus var. americanus	1 / 1
0.94	b	125		sticky lessingia	Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera	99 / 2
0.96	r	126		woolly angelica	Angelica tomentosa	30 / 1
1.00				End trail at Parking Area
				species from Jim Roberts with unspecified location
		127		white hawkweed	Hieracium albiflorum	/
		128		thread plant	Nemacladus longiflorus var. longiflorus	2 /
				species seen only off-trail, also listed above in parentheses at the given mileage
0.40		129		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	1 /
0.47		130		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	1 /
0.69		131		small fescue	Festuca microstachys	20 /
0.78		132		goosefoot yellow violet	Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum	10 /
0.82		133		woodland spurge	Euphorbia lurida	1 /
0.87		134		Parry's green-gentian	Frasera parryi	3 /
0.90		135		stream orchid	Epipactis gigantea	10 /
				species only seen 0.06 miles up road at mile 0.79
0.79		136		common mullein	Verbascum thapsus	6 /
0.79		137		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	10 /

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Updated 1 October 2020.