Plant Guide to PCT: Wellman Divide Trail to Deer Springs Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

MileS#id?Common NameScientific Name#Pls
0.00Begin guide at signed intersection of PCT with trail to Wellman Divide; head toward "Strawberry Cienega"
0.00l1white firAbies concolor99 / 9
0.00r2changeable phaceliaPhacelia mutabilis20 / 5
0.00b3Parish's snowberrySymphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii20 / 5
0.00lPCT post
0.00r4lodgepole pinePinus contorta ssp. murrayana5 / 2
0.02l5pinegrove groundsmokeGayophytum oligospermum10 / 1
0.02r(bush chinquapin, Chrysolepis sempervirens)
0.02l6San Jacinto Mts. keckiellaKeckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis10 / 1
0.02r7~southern mountain-monardellaMonardella australis ssp. australis2 / 1
0.02l8Jeffrey pinePinus jeffreyi30 / 9
0.04r9limber pinePinus flexilis5 / 2
0.06b10San Jacinto lupineLupinus hyacinthinus10 / 2
0.07lPCT post; high point on trail; elevation ~9050 feet (2760 m)
0.09Trail curves slightly right
0.09b11mountain whitethornCeanothus cordulatus99 / 9
0.10r12sugar pinePinus lambertiana3 / 3
0.10l13green-leaf manzanitaArctostaphylos patula99 / 9
0.10b14bush chinquapinChrysolepis sempervirens99 / 9
0.11l15forest goosefootChenopodium atrovirens20 / 3
0.13b16Grinnell's beardtonguePenstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii50 / 9
0.13l17wax currantRibes cereum var. cereum20 / 9
0.13r18brackenPteridium aquilinum var. pubescens99 / 9
0.16r19Ross' sedgeCarex rossii10 / 2
0.16r20Cleveland's horkeliaHorkelia clevelandii var. clevelandii10 / 2
0.16r21mountain California-fuchsiaEpilobium canum ssp. latifolium30 / 9
0.16r22Fendler's meadow-rueThalictrum fendleri var. fendleri10 / 2
0.16r23western azaleaRhododendron occidentale10 / 3
0.17r24fragile sheath sedgeCarex fracta20 / 5
0.17r25blue wildryeElymus glaucus10 / 5
0.17(granite prickly phlox, Linanthus pungens)
0.17b26beautiful hulseaHulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha10 / 2
0.18r27California groundconeKopsiopsis strobilacea30 / 4
0.19b28San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrushEricameria nauseosa var. bernardina20 / 5
0.20l29Martin's paintbrushCastilleja applegatei ssp. martinii2 / 2
0.24r30Fremont silk tasselGarrya fremontii3 / 1
0.24r31Sierra gooseberryRibes roezlii var. roezlii10 / 5
0.31(incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens)
0.35Switchback left
0.37Switchback right
0.41c32granite prickly phloxLinanthus pungens5 / 2
0.45r33goldenrodSolidago velutina ssp. californica10 / 1
0.45r34narrowleaf bedstrawGalium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium1 / 1
0.48r35California cliff-brakePellaea mucronata var. californica1 / 1
0.48l36mountain sprayHolodiscus discolor var. microphyllus1 / 1
0.50Local low point
0.52Local high point
0.55Trail levels out briefly
0.55l37canyon live oakQuercus chrysolepis2 / 2
0.58Trail resumes steep descent
0.61Trail rounds ridge and ~levels out for a while
0.62View of Strawberry Cienega
0.67r38rock goldenbushEricameria cuneata var. cuneata5 / 1
0.67l39Parish's campionSilene parishii1 / 1
0.69r40California-asterCorethrogyne filaginifolia20 / 4
0.76r41naked buckwheatEriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum5 / 1
0.82r42California coffeeberryFrangula californica1 / 1
0.83Enter moist area around creek
0.83r43splong-anthered rushJuncus macrandrus30 / 3
0.83r44Idaho bentgrassAgrostis idahoensis30 / 3
0.83l45swamp sedgeCarex senta10 / 3
0.83b46California geraniumGeranium californicum20 / 2
0.83b47yarrowAchillea millefolium20 / 2
0.8348glaucus willowherbEpilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum40 / 5
0.8349tinker's pennyHypericum anagalloides5 / 1
0.83r50spmountain carpet cloverTrifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum5 / 1
0.83b51blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellum20 / 2
0.83b52larger mountain monkeyflowerMimulus tilingii20 / 2
0.84Cross stream #1
0.84r53~rush blue grassPoa secunda ssp. juncifolia20 / 2
0.84r54streambank lotusHosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia20 / 2
0.84r(mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense)
0.84l55mountain timothyPhleum alpinum10 / 2
0.84r56scarlet monkeyflowerMimulus cardinalis20 / 2
0.84l57Bigelow's sneezeweedHelenium bigelovii10 / 2
0.84r58willowherbEpilobium ciliatum5 / 1
0.84r59mountain pink currantRibes nevadense5 / 1
0.85Cross stream #2
0.85l60stinging nettleUrtica dioica ssp. holosericea10 / 3
0.85Cross stream #3
0.85End wet area
0.87b61spsticky cinquefoilDrymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa5 / 1
0.87r62slender everlastingPseudognaphalium thermale3 / 1
0.87lPCT post
0.90Enter Strawberry Cienega
0.90b63rigid hedge-nettleStachys rigida10 / 2
0.91r64Parish's yampahPerideridia parishii5 / 1
0.92l65giant red paintbrushCastilleja miniata ssp. miniata5 / 1
0.93r(Parish's lupine, Lupinus latifolius var. parishii)
0.93Leave Strawberry Cienega
1.03Enter tree-shaded area
1.2066snow-plantSarcodes sanguineaiN /
1.2067spotted coralrootCorallorhiza maculataiN /
1.4668pine lousewortPedicularis semibarbataiN /
1.4669Watson's spike-mossSelaginella watsoniiiN /
Species given above seen only off-trail
0.3170incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrensOT /
0.9371Parish's lupineLupinus latifolius var. parishiiOT /
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Updated 14 September 2019.