Plant Guide to PCT From Little Tahquitz Trail to Zen Trail, San Jacinto Mountains This is a working list, about which we make no guarantees at all until we officially release it. Use at your own risk!
Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail The botanical highlights of this trail are:
Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail
The following histogram gives the number of trails in our database that contain each taxon on this trail. We had 93 trails in our database when this histogram was made; 5 of those trails, including this one, are in this area of San Jacinto Mountain. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among the trails in our database; numbers of "5" or smaller may indicate taxa found only in this area of San Jacinto Mountain.
Number of Trails
Containing A TaxonNumber Of Taxa
On This Trail% of Taxa
On This TrailTotal Taxa 100% We found x additional species not in the above table, since they have not been identified yet. The unidentified ones are marked with ? or sp in the id? column in the guide, and have no entries in the #all column.
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time The following table gives the dates the trail was walked and taxa recorded. After each visit, the table gives the total number of taxa on the list and the breakdown of the taxa without positive identification. See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides to understand the symbols below.
Visit Date Visit # # taxa # "?" # "sp" # "~" # "ssp"
The Plant Guide This guide places all species "on trail", except for ones not easily seen from the trail, up to mile 0.75.
See also Plant List in Traditional Family Order.
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Mile S # id? Common Name Scientific Name #Pls 0.00 Begin guide at jct. with Little Tahquitz Trail, just south of Little Tahquitz Meadow; elevation ~8140 feet (2481 m). 0.00 r Sign: "PCT (ahead); Tahquitz Valley (left); Tahquitz Peak (right)" 0.00 b 1 white fir Abies concolor 99 / 9 0.00 r 2 San Jacinto Mts. keckiella Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis 99 / 9 0.00 r 3 groundsmoke Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum 3 / 1 0.00 r 4 pine lousewort Pedicularis semibarbata 99 / 9 0.00 b 5 changeable phacelia Phacelia mutabilis 50 / 9 0.00 l 6 sugar pine Pinus lambertiana 50 / 9 0.00 l 7 spotted coralroot Corallorhiza maculata 3 / 2 0.01 b 8 Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 50 / 9 0.01 l 9 Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi 50 / 9 0.01 l 10 southern mountain-monardella Monardella australis 20 / 3 0.01 l 11 Parry's sand cress Calyptridium parryi var. parryi 99 / 9 0.02 l 12 bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 50 / 9 0.04 Trail curves right at ridge 0.04 l 13 Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana 1 / 1 0.04 r 14 white catch-fly Silene verecunda ssp. platyota 99 / 9 0.07 Trail turns left to cross south fork of Tahquitz Creek 0.07 Cross Creek The following species are in or near this fork of Tahquitz Creek within ~30 feet, given in alphabetical order by Scientific Name 0.07 l 15 Idaho bentgrass Agrostis idahoensis 5 / 1 0.07 b 16 purple false-gilia Allophyllum divaricatum 99 / 4 0.07 b 17 western columbine Aquilegia formosa 30 / 1 0.07 r 18 subarctic lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum 1 / 1 0.07 b 19 abrupt-beak sedge Carex abrupta 5 / 1 0.07 b 20 fragile sheath sedge Carex fracta 30 / 3 0.07 b 21 vari-nerved sedge Carex heteroneura 20 / 1 0.07 r 22 mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus 99 / 9 0.07 l 23 Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii 30 / 2 0.07 l 24 brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis 1 / 1 0.07 b 25 tall mannagrass Glyceria elata 99 / 1 0.07 r 26 bigleaf lupine Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei 33 / 1 0.07 r 27 hairy wood rush Luzula comosa 5 / 1 0.07 l 28 Brewer's monkeyflower Mimulus breweri 99 / 4 0.07 b 29 musk monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus 99 / 1 0.07 b 30 false monkeyflower Mimulus pilosus 99 / 2 0.07 b 31 larger mountain monkeyflower Mimulus tilingii 20 / 1 0.07 r 32 Nevada cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis 5 / 1 0.07 r 33 wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum 99 / 9 0.07 b 34 ranger's buttons Sphenosciadium capitellatum 35 / 1 0.07 r 35 small white violet Viola macloskeyi 1 / 1 Back on trail 0.09 r 36 beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 30 / 5 0.09 r 37 Ross' sedge Carex rossii 75 / 3 0.12 Trail turns left at drainage 0.12 r 38 mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense 3 / 2 0.15 39 San Jacinto lupine Lupinus hyacinthinus 99 / 9 0.18 r 40 ~ pinegrove groundsmoke Gayophytum oligospermum 99 / 9 0.20 r 41 little prince's pine Chimaphila menziesii 8 / 2 0.21 r 42 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum 75 / 4 0.21 Cross drainage 0.22 r 43 Burlew's onion Allium burlewii 99 / 9 0.22 r 44 Suksdorf's monkeyflower Mimulus suksdorfii 99 / 4 0.24 b 45 western needlegrass Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale 55 / 4 0.26 b 46 limber pine Pinus flexilis 30 / 9 0.28 b 47 lodgepole pine Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana 10 / 5 0.28 Cross drainage 0.28 b 48 San Jacinto buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum 99 / 4 0.29 b 49 naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum 99 / 9 0.31 r 50 pussy paws Calyptridium monospermum 99 / 2 0.32 l 51 green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula 30 / 9 0.32 Trail turns right at ridge 0.33 r 52 Sierra Nevada lotus Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis 4 / 2 0.33 r 53 broad-seeded rock-cress Arabis platysperma 5 / 2 0.35 r 54 pinewoods rock-cress "Arabis holboellii" 10 / 4 0.37 Cross small drainage 0.39 Cross small drainage 0.42 r 55 snow-plant Sarcodes sanguinea 5 / 1 0.46 Cross ridge with view rock to left 0.52 r 56 Sierra mousetail Ivesia santolinoides / 0.55 l 57 mountain mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta 40 / 3 0.55 r 58 squirreltail Elymus elymoides 40 / 3 0.56 Cross small drainage 0.58 l 59 rush blue grass Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia 20 / 2 0.59 Trail curves right at ridge 0.61 Trail curves left at drainage 0.63 r 60 Watson's spike-moss Selaginella watsonii 3 / 1 0.64 r 61 forest mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus 6 / 2 0.70 Cross small drainage 0.76 l 62 forest goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens 50 / 1 0.77 r Jct. use trail to Red Tahquitz; elevation 8320' (2536 m) 0.77 r 63 *downy brome Bromus tectorum 99 / 9 0.79 l (Saddle and view rock beyond) 0.81 First of many minor local high points 0.83 Cross several very small drainages; enter Mountain Fire (2013) burn area 0.88 Cross small drainage 0.89 Cross small drainage 0.91 r 64 blue elderberry Sambucus mexicana 20 / 9 0.99 l 65 Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii var. roezlii 15 / 5 1.13 r Land of big boulders 1.17 l 66 horseweed Conyza canadensis 1 / 1 1.18 (rose sage, Salvia pachyphylla; San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus; Wright's buckwheat, Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum; goldenrod, Solidago californica; granite prickly phlox, Leptodactylon pungens; Martin's paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii) 1.19 r First glimpse of top of rock wall that we'll round later 1.20 l 67 pinedrops Pterospora andromedea 1 / 1 1.20 Cross small drainage 1.28 r 68 California chicory Rafinesquia californica 1 / 1 1.29 r 69 California brome Bromus carinatus var. carinatus 5 / 1 1.29 l 70 California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum 2 / 2 1.29 r 71 poodle-dog bush Turricula parryi 1 / 1 1.29 r 72 San Jacinto prickly phlox Leptodactylon jaegeri 15 / 2 1.29 r 73 new rockcress Arabis sp. nov. 99 / 1 1.34 Minor local high point at saddle at head of Andreas Canyon; elevation 8360' (2548 m); field of Carex rossii 1.34 b 74 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus 50 / 9 1.34 b 75 California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia 20 / 3 1.35 76 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 99 / 9 1.36 Check for Penstemon grinnellii here 1.36 l 77 purple nightshade Solanum xanti 5 / 2 1.40 r 78 Parish's campion Silene parishii 10 / 5 1.40 b 79 red-rayed hulsea Hulsea heterochroma 5 / 1 1.40 View down Andreas Canyon and first view of desert as trail curves right 1.45 b 80 canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis 99 / 9 1.47 r 81 shaggy-haired alumroot Heuchera hirsutissima 30 / 5 1.48 b 82 Grinnell's beardtongue Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii 99 / 9 1.51 l 83 beautiful hulsea Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha 10 / 3 1.52 r 84 goldenrod Solidago californica 50 / 9 1.52 b 85 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum 30 / 9 1.52 First view of Santa Rosa Mountains and Desert Divide 1.54 l 86 Parish's goldenbush Ericameria parishii var. parishii 10 / 3 1.57 r 87 mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 50 / 9 1.57 r 88 curl-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius 2 / 2 1.57 r 89 granite prickly phlox Leptodactylon pungens 30 / 9 1.58 Enter lush area due to extra water draining from rocks above 1.58 b 90 bracken Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 50 / 4 1.59 r First full view of Red Tahquitz 1.59 r 91 slender everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale 6 / 4 1.60 r 92 California coffeeberry Rhamnus californica 20 / 9 1.61 r 93 pink-bracted manzanita Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea 20 / 5 1.62 l 94 San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum 99 / 7 1.62 r 95 short-flowered monardella Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora 1 / 1 1.66 Switchback left; elevation 8320' (2536 m) 1.69 l (California cliff-brake, Pellaea mucronata var. californica; prickly hawkweed, Hieracium horridum) 1.71 l 96 California cliff-brake Pellaea mucronata var. californica 20 / 7 1.72 l 97 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 10 / 3 1.73 l 98 ? Trisetum sp.? / 1.74 l 99 woodland spurge Euphorbia palmeri 3 / 2 1.76 r 100 hybrid manzanita Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea 1 / 1 1.78 Switchback right near saddle 1.80 r 101 slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus 10 / 2 1.85 r 102 prickly hawkweed Hieracium horridum 1 / 1 1.86 r ? (like sonchus) 1.86 r 103 bluish spike-moss Selaginella asprella 5 / 2 1.94 r Unusual bird's foot fern with three kinds of leaves 2.07 l (rose sage, Salvia pachyphylla) 2.08 r 104 sticky cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa 20 / 2 2.14 b 105 rose sage Salvia pachyphylla 40 / 9 2.14 r 106 Parish's needlegrass Achnatherum parishii 20 / 5 2.14 r (canyon dudleya, Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila; dusky onion, Allium campanulatum) 2.21 r 107 Parish's bedstraw Galium parishii 30 / 9 2.22 r 108 rock goldenbush Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata 20 / 9 2.31 r 109 rock buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile 10 / 2 2.33 r 110 canyon dudleya Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila 5 / 2 2.33 r ? (Poa secunda?) 2.34 r 111 chaparral whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis 5 / 5 2.37 r 112 California bee plant Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda 10 / 3 2.39 Switchback right on ridge 2.40 r 113 bush monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus 5 / 2 2.48 r 114 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum 20 / 3 2.57 Saddle below Red Tahquitz; elevation 7840' (2390 m) 2.59 r 115 ~ California brickellbush Brickellia californica 10 / 3 2.59 r 116 ~ white-bark raspberry Rubus leucodermis 5 / 2 2.61 r 117 sp penstemon Penstemon sp. / 2.70 Saddle #2 below Red Tahquitz 2.72 b 118 bristly bird's beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus 50 / 9 2.79 r 119 sp Mojave lomatium? Lomatium mohavense? / 2.80 Cross Saddle #3 (below 7900' peak) to west side of Desert Divide; elevation ~7750' (2362 m) 2.81 Switchback right 2.85 Switchback left 2.93 Local high point; elevation ~7600' (2316 m) 2.93 End current trail guide Offtrail only species 2.15 120 dusky onion Allium campanulatum /
Comments On Specific Species (none)
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