Plant Guide to Spitler Peak Trail: Trailhead to PCT, San Jacinto Mountains - Garner Valley Area
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Common Name Latin Name #here GPS 0.00 Begin trail at Apple Canyon Road just before the sign "Spitler Peak Trail"; elevation 4940 feet (1506 m) 0.00 b 1 *pineapple weed Chamomilla suaveolens 5 / 1 1 0.00 b 2 California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia 99 / 9 1 0.00 b 3 ~ wild pepper-grass Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens 10 / 2 1 0.00 b 4 *redstem filaree Erodium cicutarium 99 / 3 1 0.00 b 5 *shortpod mustard Hirschfeldia incana 5 / 1 1 0.00 r 6 yarrow Achillea millefolium 30 / 3 1 0.00 r 7 *foxtail barley Hordeum murinum 10 / 1 1 0.00 r 8 *downy brome Bromus tectorum 99 / 9 1 0.00 r 9 dwarf lupine Lupinus bicolor 2 / 1 1 0.00 r (California wild rose, Rosa californica) 0.00 r 10 birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides 99 / 9 1 0.00 r 11 *ripgut brome Bromus diandrus 50 / 3 1 0.00 r 12 San Diego pea Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii 5 / 5 1 0.00 r 13 baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii 30 / 3 1 0.00 r 14 California brome Bromus carinatus var. carinatus 20 / 2 1 0.00 r 15 ~ *knotweed Polygonum arenastrum 1 / 1 1 0.00 r 16 *tumble-mustard Sisymbrium altissimum 10 / 2 1 0.00 r 17 ? sticky lessingia? Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera? 1 / 1 0.00 r 18 spear-leaved mountain dandelion Agoseris retrorsa 10 / 5 1 0.00 l 19 Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi 1 / 1 1 0.00 l 20 California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum 5 / 3 1 0.00 l (matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae) 0.00 l 21 California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 99 / 9 1 0.00 l (arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis) 0.00 l 22 ~ slender buckwheat Eriogonum gracile var. incultum 99 / 5 1 0.00 l 23 ~ slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus 2 / 2 1 0.00 r 24 blue dicks Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum 30 / 3 1 0.00 r 25 southern Chinese houses Collinsia concolor 99 / 9 1 0.00 r 26 interior live oak Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens 99 / 9 1 0.00 r 27 common bedstraw Galium aparine 5 / 1 1 0.00 r 28 graceful bedstraw Galium porrigens var. porrigens 5 / 2 1 0.00 r (southern honeysuckle, Lonicera subspicata var. denudata) 0.00 l 29 cupped-leaf ceanothus Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans 2 / 2 1 0.00 l Sign: "Spitler Peak Trail" 0.00 b 30 mugwort Artemisia douglasiana 30 / 1 1 0.00 l 31 Mexican rush Juncus mexicanus 20 / 1 1 0.00 l 32 arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis 1 / 1 1 0.00 r 33 American vetch Vicia americana var. americana 1 / 1 1 0.00 l 34 California wild rose Rosa californica 30 / 1 1 0.00 r (wild-cucumber, Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus) 0.01 r 35 ~ mountain mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta 50 / 9 1 0.01 r 36 southern honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata var. denudata 99 / 9 1 0.01 l Sign: "Be prepared …" 0.01 r 37 purple nightshade Solanum xanti 20 / 4 1 0.01 l (branching phacelia, Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia) 0.01 b 38 basketbush Rhus trilobata 20 / 1 1 0.01 r 39 coastal gilia Gilia diegensis 50 / 9 1 0.01 r 40 strigose sun-cup Camissonia strigulosa 1 / 1 1 0.02 l 41 sp groundsmoke Gayophytum sp. 2 / 1 0.02 r 42 branching phacelia Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia 99 / 9 1 Trail crosses dry wash, then 0.02 l 43 Mexican manzanita Arctostaphylos pungens 2 / 2 1 0.02 l (in far distance: Parry's nolina, Nolina parryi) 0.02 r 44 blue wildrye Elymus glaucus 20 / 5 1 0.02 r 45 red shanks Adenostoma sparsifolium 99 / 9 1 0.02 r 46 popcorn flower Cryptantha intermedia 99 / 9 2 0.02 l 47 silver puffs Uropappus lindleyi 10 / 3 3 0.03 l 48 hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia 3 / 3 4 r Check for plants like Eriogonum elongatum7 0.04 r 49 yellow pincushion Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula 99 / 9 5 0.04 r (chaparral yucca, Yucca whipplei)5 0.04 r 50 globe gilia Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia 50 / 9 6 0.04 r (phlox-leaved bedstraw, Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii)6 Look for first occurrence of Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii on trail 0.04 r (leafy daisy, Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus)7 0.04 l (golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)8 0.06 r (desert globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa)10 0.07 r (Vasey's prickly-pear, Opuntia vaseyi)11 0.07 r 51 golden-bowl mariposa Calochortus concolor 20 / 2 11 0.08 l 52 chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum 99 / 9 12 0.08 r 53 narrowleaf bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 40 / 9 12 0.09 l 54 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 99 / 9 13 0.09 r 55 Mojave prickly-pear Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea 20 / 9 14 0.14 l 56 chaparral yucca Yucca whipplei 40 / 5 15 0.19 r 57 western tansy-mustard Descurainia pinnata 30 / 3 16 0.22 l 58 three-lobed oxytheca Oxytheca trilobata 10 / 1 17 0.29 b 59 matchweed Gutierrezia sarothrae 40 / 5 19 0.29 b Jct. old road l (pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea) 0.31 b 60 Parish's bluecurls Trichostema parishii 2 / 1 20 0.40 r 61 showy penstemon Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis 99 / 9 B2 0.45 l 62 desert prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha 2 / 2 21 0.47 l 63 prickly cryptantha Cryptantha muricata 50 / 9 22 0.49 l 64 pink-bracted manzanita Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea 50 / 9 24 0.49 r 65 long-styled rush Juncus longistylis 20 / 1 24 0.49 r 66 deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens 10 / 3 24 0.51 l 67 poodle-dog bush Turricula parryi 99 / 2 B7 0.55 b 68 oak mistletoe Phoradendron villosum 2 / 2 25 0.68 69 San Bernardino sun-cup Camissonia confusa 99 / 9 27 0.68 l 70 hairy bush monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens 99 / 9 28 0.70 l 71 chaparral whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis 99 / 9 29 0.84 r 72 oracle oak Quercus Xmorehus 1 / 1 205 0.86 l 73 canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis 3 / 3 30 0.90 l 74 Coulter pine Pinus coulteri 3 / 3 31 0.94 r 75 ~ California elegant rock-cress Arabis sparsiflora var. californica 30 / 7 34 0.95 l 76 coast-range melic Melica imperfecta 30 / 9 35 0.95 l 77 woolly Indian paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa 5 / 3 36 0.95 l 78 mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 40 / 5 37 l (Nolina) 0.96 79 southern California silver-lotus Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus 2 / 2 38 l (Salvia apiana) l ~ (giant needlegrass, Achnatherum coronatum) 0.96 l 80 white everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum 3 / 3 0.97 l 81 bristly bird's beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus 30 / 9 40 0.97 b 82 Parish's chaenactis Chaenactis parishii 20 / 5 41 0.99 r 83 Parry's nolina Nolina parryi 40 / 9 42 0.99 l 84 Coulter's snapdragon Antirrhinum coulterianum 30 / 9 43 1.02 r 85 rock goldenbush Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata 50 / 5 44 1.02 l 86 beady lipfern Cheilanthes covillei 10 / 5 44 1.03 87 ashy silk tassel Garrya flavescens 30 / 1 45 1.06 r 88 Parish's tauschia Tauschia parishii 5 / 2 46 1.08 l 89 leafy daisy Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus 30 / 9 48 1.08 l 90 white sage Salvia apiana 20 / 5 49 1.08 l 91 June grass Koeleria macrantha 30 / 9 50 1.09 l 92 sticky false-gilia Allophyllum glutinosum 5 / 3 51 1.10 l 93 Parish' Jacumba milk-vetch Astragalus douglasii var. parishii 30 / 5 52 1.10 l 94 Orcutt's brome Bromus orcuttianus 40 / 9 52 1.11 l 95 giant needlegrass Achnatherum coronatum 20 / 3 53 1.12 l 96 whorledleaf penstemon Keckiella ternata var. ternata 20 / 9 54 1.13 r (Prunus ilicifolia ssp. Ilicifolia) 1.13 l 97 bird's-foot fern Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata 3 / 2 56 1.15 l 98 wide-throated yellow monkeyflower Mimulus brevipes 20 / 9 57 1.17 r 99 hollyleaf cherry Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia 99 / 7 58 1.23 l 100 one-sided bluegrass Poa secunda ssp. secunda 20 / 3 60 1.24 101 fringe-pod Thysanocarpus curvipes / 61 1.24 l 102 splendid gilia Gilia splendens 30 / 7 61 1.24 l 103 threadstem Pterostegia drymarioides 2 / 2 61 1.29 104 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum 10 / 2 64 1.30 105 mountain grape-soda lupine Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus 5 / 2 65 1.38 106 mountain blazing star Mentzelia montana 20 / 4 68 1.44 107 desert needlegrass Achnatherum speciosum 5 / 2 70 1.44 108 cane cholla Opuntia parryi 5 / 3 71 1.44 109 Wallace's woolly daisy Eriophyllum wallacei 5 / 1 72 1.44 110 Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii 30 / 9 72 1.47 111 chia Salvia columbariae 99 / 9 73 1.52 112 common phacelia Phacelia distans 99 / 9 134 1.53 l sp (papillate dodder, Cuscuta californica var. papillosa)76 113 Melica? / 77 1.55 l 114 twiggy wreath plant Stephanomeria virgata 20 / 9 135 1.75 l 115 wild canterbury bells Phacelia minor 99 / 3 78 1.75 l 116 California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum 5 / 1 1.75 Switchback left79 1.81 r 117 San Jacinto buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum 40 / 5 80 1.82 r 118 sp papillate dodder Cuscuta californica var. papillosa 2 / 2 81 1.84 r 119 beautiful hulsea Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha 10 / 4 82 1.92 r 120 sand cress Calyptridium monandrum 99 / 9 83 1.92 r 121 ? mountain rock-cress Arabis holboellii 20 / 7 2.13 Nice view of Garner Valley from large boulder / rock on trail 2.18 r 122 Hall's caulanthus Caulanthus hallii 1 / 1 133 2.28 123 Parish's goldenbush Ericameria parishii var. parishii 3 / 3 210 2.29 r 124 California bee plant Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda 10 / 3 211 2.39 l Jct. Trail213 2.39 b 125 chaparral currant Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium 99 / 9 2.39 b 126 scarlet larkspur Delphinium cardinale 20 / 3 87 2.39 r 127 goosefoot yellow violet Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum 10 / 2 214 2.39 b 128 purple-root cryptantha Cryptantha micrantha / 88 2.40 l (fern-leaved lomatium, Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum)89 2.40 r (squirreltail, Elymus elymoides) 2.47 l 129 naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum 30 / 7 91 2.47 r 130 green miner's lettuce Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis 20 / 2 91 2.50 r 131 California black oak Quercus kelloggii 50 / 5 92 2.50 r 132 different Collinsia, surrounded by C. concolor? 2.50 b 133 incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens 30 / 5 92 2.50 l 134 California false-indigo Amorpha californica var. californica 40 / 8 93 2.51 r 135 white catch-fly Silene verecunda ssp. platyota 20 / 5 94 2.51 r (Ribes malvaceum?) 2.51 r 136 sulphur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii 10 / 3 94 2.51 r 137 San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum 30 / 7 94 2.52 r 138 chaparral currant Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium 99 / 9 95 2.52 b 139 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum 20 / 4 96 2.52 l 140 short-flowered monardella Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora 30 / 7 96 2.52 l 141 (bush poppy, Dendromecon rigida) 2.56 r 142 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 2 / 2 97 2.57 r 143 beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 40 / 5 98 2.58 r (Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula~)100 2.58 c 144 ~ Parish's campion Silene parishii / 101 2.59 r 145 cliff sword fern Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum 5 / 2 102 2.62 146 white fir Abies concolor 20 / 3 104 2.62 147 forest sedge Carex multicaulis 5 / 3 104 2.63 l (Symphoricarpos)105 2.64 r 148 sticky cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa 10 / 4 106 2.65 Trail turns left at drainage107 2.70 b 149 Laguna manzanita Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. adamsii 50 / 2 109 150 golden ear drops Dicentra chrysantha 25 / 2 3.03 r 151 curve-flowered skullcap Scutellaria siphocampyloides 5 / 2 112 3.03 r 152 blue larkspur Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi 3 / 1 112 3.03 l 153 plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus 5 / 1 113 3.05 r 154 goldenrod Solidago californica 20 / 3 114 3.05 r (desert sandwort, Arenaria macradenia var. macradenia)114 3.10 r 155 Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 40 / 7 116 3.13 r 156 slender wild cabbage Caulanthus major var. major / 118 3.13 157 woodland star Lithophragma affine 20 / 3 119 3.14 l 158 Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii var. roezlii 3 / 3 137 3.19 Cross steep drainage120 3.24 Cross shallower drainage121 3.24 r 159 winter cress Barbarea orthoceras 6 / 2 220 3.31 r 160 imbricate phacelia Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula 2 / 2 123 3.32 r 161 western morning-glory Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata 50 / 7 124 3.34 162 thick-leaved yerba santa Eriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium 1 / 1 125 3.34 163 clustered broom-rape Orobanche fasciculata 5 / 1 125 3.34 Check for Thysanocarpus with non-clasping leaves125 3.45 l 164 white-margined oxytheca Oxytheca emarginata 10 / 1 132 3.45 l 165 granite prickly phlox Leptodactylon pungens 2 / 2 221 3.46 r 166 southern miner's lettuce Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana 10 / 1 127 3.59 r 167 milk maids Cardamine californica 20 / 1 128 3.59 r 168 mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense 20 / 3 128 3.61 r 169 (blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)140 3.66 r 170 shaggy-haired alumroot Heuchera hirsutissima 2 / 1 142 3.66 b 171 rigid hedge-nettle Stachys ajugoides var. rigida 5 / 2 143 3.66 Cross steep drainage143 3.66 172 ? scarlet monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis 30 / 1 3.66 r 173 box elder Acer negundo var. californicum 1 / 1 144 3.67 r 174 sugar pine Pinus lambertiana / 145 3.71 Switchback right146 3.71 l 175 desert dudleya Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides 3 / 3 146 3.71 l 176 sp slender everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale 5 / 2 146 3.72 l 177 ? brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis / 147 3.75 r 178 diamond-petaled clarkia Clarkia rhomboidea 20 / 2 148 3.75 l 179 strigose lotus Lotus strigosus 1 / 1 148 3.75 l 180 bluish spike-moss Selaginella asprella 1 / 1 148 3.76 l 181 California brickellbush Brickellia californica / 149 Switchback right150 but no signal Switchback right 3.76 r 182 large-flowered collomia Collomia grandiflora / 149 3.77 l 183 Davidson's phacelia Phacelia davidsonii 40 / 3 151 Switchback right153 3.81 l 184 annual phlox Phlox gracilis 3 / 1 154 3.83 l 185 pine cryptantha Cryptantha simulans 30 / 5 155 3.83 l bracken Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 2 / 1 156 3.83 b western columbine Aquilegia formosa 2 / 2 156 3.83 l white alder Alnus rhombifolia 1 / 1 156 3.83 Cross moist drainage157 3.83 l 186 thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus 30 / 1 158 3.83 l 187 sp mountain sweet-cicely Osmorhiza chilensis 10 / 2 158 3.8 Switchback left159 r 188 western azalea Rhododendron occidentale 5 / 1 159 l 189 fragile sheath sedge Carex fracta 1 / 1 Cross creek with running water r 190 woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca 30 / 2 3.86 Switchback right160 3.86 Fragaria jackpot 3.88 Switchback left 3.9 Switchback right163 191 ? leafless wintergreen Pyrola aphylla 1 / 1 Switchback left b 192 stream orchid Epipactis gigantea 5 / 1 Cross flowing creek e 193 glaucus willowherb Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum 2 / 1 l 194 California bay Umbellularia californica 1 / 1 3.96 r 195 southern mountain woolly-star Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum 5 / 2 164 3.96 Switchback right165 3.98 l 196 bitter cherry Prunus emarginata 10 / 2 166 4 l 197 broad-leaved lotus Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius 2 / 1 167 4 r 198 threadleaf common rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis 10 / 2 167 4 b 199 California coffeeberry Rhamnus californica 2 / 1 167 4.04 l 200 wild tarragon Artemisia dracunculus 2 / 2 168 4.08 Switchback left169 201 fringed brome Bromus richardsonii / 170 4.21 l Check for different Mentzelia102172 4.22 r 202 Lewis' flax Linum lewisii var. lewisii 10 / 3 173 4.30 Switchback right175 4.33 l 203 Parish's lupine Lupinus latifolius var. parishii / 177 4.38 Switchback left178 4.35 Switchback right179 4.45 Switchback left180 4.46 204 San Jacinto lupine Lupinus hyacinthinus 1 / 1 181 4.47 205 squirreltail Elymus elymoides / 182 4.60 r 206 Fremont silk tassel Garrya fremontii 1 / 1 184 4.62 Switchback right185 4.75 l mountain rock-cress Arabis holboellii 5 / 1 187 4.78 Switchback left188 4.78 Jct PCT189
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