Plant Guide to Ed Hastey Desert Garden Trail, Santa Rosa Mountains Visitor Center

Mile	S	#	id?	(Sign) Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin trail at back of Visitor Center, at west end of patio.
0.00	l	1		Sign: desert-willow	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	3 / 3	7
0.00	l	2		desert tobacco	Nicotiana obtusifolia	4 / 2	4
0.00				Switchback right
0.00	l			(sweetbush, Bebbia juncea var. aspera)
0.00	l	3		smoke tree	Psorothamnus spinosus	3 / 3	6
0.00	l	4	~	desert baccharis	Baccharis sergiloides	5 / 2	6
0.00	l			(cheesebush, Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola; desert lavender, Hyptis emoryi)
0.00	l			Sign: "Ed Hastey Trail [ahead]"
0.00	l	5		Sign: California (desert) fan palm	Washingtonia filifera	2 / 2	6
0.00	l	6		*desert marigold	Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata	10 / 2	1
0.00	l	7		chuparosa	Justicia californica	20 / 9	8
0.01	r	8		Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	Mirabilis bigelovii var. bigelovii	1 / 1	3
0.01	l	9		Sign: catclaw	Acacia greggii	2 / 2	10
0.01	l	10		burroweed	Ambrosia dumosa	1 / 1	11
0.01	r	11		Sign: sacred datura (Jimson weed on sign)	Datura wrightii (=D. meteloides)	1 / 1	21
0.01	r	12		Sign: Mojave (old man) prickly-pear	Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea	3 / 2	3
0.01	l	13		brittlebush	Encelia farinosa	20 / 9	12
0.01	l	14		creosote bush	Larrea tridentata	3 / 3	9
0.01	r	15		jojoba	Simmondsia chinensis	5 / 5	7
0.01	r	16		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	4 / 3	14
0.01	l			Sign: "old man prickly pear, Opuntia erinacea"
0.01	r	17		cheesebush	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	20 / 9	9
0.01	l	18		Sign: desert lavender	Hyptis emoryi	10 / 9	8
0.01	r			Sign: "jojoba, Simmondsia chinensis"
0.01	l	19	~	small-seeded spurge	Chamaesyce polycarpa	40 / 9	19
0.01	r	20		*triangle leaf bursage	Ambrosia deltoidea	1 / 1	1
0.01	l			Sign: "desert fan palm, Washingtonia filifera"
0.01	l	21		sweetbush	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	10 / 9	15
0.01	r			(*Cleveland sage, Salvia clevelandii)
0.01	r			Sign: "beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris"
0.02	l			Sign: "creosote bush, Larrea tridentata"
0.02	r			Sign: "jojoba, Simmondsia chinensis"
0.02	l			Sign: "chuparosa, Justicia californica"
0.02	l			Sign: "creosote bush, Larrea tridentata"
0.02	r	22		Sign: bladderpod	Isomeris arborea	1 / 1	10
0.03	l	23		Sign: indigo bush	Psorothamnus schottii (=Dalea schottii)	1 / 1	10
0.03	l	24		bearded cryptantha	Cryptantha barbigera	1 / 1	3
0.03	r			(Sign: "cheesebush, Hymenoclea salsola")
0.03	r	25		desert needle	Palafoxia arida var. arida	20 / 9	4
0.03	r	26		Sign: Thurber's sandpaper-plant	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	10 / 9	3
0.03	r			Sign: "desert lavender, Hyptis emoryi"
0.04				Trail turns left 90°
0.04	r			"Coyote" bench
0.04	l			Sign: "desert lavender, Hyptis emoryi"
0.05	l	27		wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora	1 / 1	12
0.05	l			(Gander's cholla, Opuntia ganderi)
0.05				Trail turns right 90°
0.05	b			Lots of small-seeded spurge, Chamaesyce polycarpa
0.06	r	28		pencil cholla	Opuntia ramosissima	2 / 2	5
0.06	l			(world's largest, shrubbiest, oldest desert trumpet, Eriogonum inflatum)
0.06	l			Sign: "chuparosa, Justicia californica"
0.06	r			Sign: "sandpaper-plant, Petalonyx thurberi"
0.07	r			Sign: "desert-willow, Chilopsis linearis"
0.07	l			Sign: "beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris"
0.07	r			(silver cholla, Opuntia echinocarpa)
0.08	r	29		desert trumpet	Eriogonum inflatum	1 / 1	6
0.08				Switchback left
0.08	l			Sign: "brittlebush, Encelia farinosa"
0.09	r	30		silver cholla	Opuntia echinocarpa	1 / 1	1
0.09	r	31		Sign: blue palo verde	Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum	3 / 3	3
0.10	r			Sign: "smoke tree, Psorothamnus spinosus"
0.12	r		~	(*elm, Ulmus sp.)
0.12	r	32		Sign: honey mesquite	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	1 / 1	7
0.13	l			Jct. side trail; Sign: "Native grass garden ..."; go left on it
0.13	b	33		deergrass	Muhlenbergia rigens	10 / 1	26
0.13	r	34		Mexican rush	Juncus mexicanus	4 / 1	21
0.14				Sign ahead: "deergrass, Muhlenbergia rigens"
0.14				(ahead: desert mistletoe, Phoradendron californicum; desert star-vine, Brandegea bigelovii)
0.14	r			Sign: "Mexican rush, Juncus mexicanus"
0.14				Turn around and rejoin main trail
0.15	r			Sign: "sandpaper-plant, Petalonyx thurberi"
0.15	l	35		chia	Salvia columbariae	5 / 1	26
0.15	l	36	~	desert prickly-pear	Opuntia phaeacantha	1 / 1	4
0.16	l	37		cane cholla	Opuntia parryi	2 / 1	1
0.16	r			Sign: "blue palo verde, Cercidium floridum"
0.16	l			(Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii)
0.16	r	38		desert star-vine	Brandegea bigelovii	1 / 1	2
0.16	r	39	sp	Sign: Vasey's prickly-pear	Opuntia vaseyi (=O. littoralis var. vaseyi)	1 / 1	27
0.17	r	40		Sign: teddy-bear cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	1 / 1	7
0.17	l	41		Mohave yucca	Yucca schidigera	1 / 1	11
0.17	l	42		Sign: California barrel cactus	Ferocactus cylindraceus (=Ferocactus acanthodes)	2 / 1	8
0.17	l	43		sugar bush	Rhus ovata	1 / 1	29
0.18	l	44		screw-bean mesquite	Prosopis pubescens	1 / 1	1
0.18	r			Sign: "chuparosa, Justicia californica"
0.18	r			Sign: "smoke tree, Psorothamnus spinosus"
0.18	l	45		California trixis	Trixis californica var. californica	1 / 1	8
0.18	l			(Sign: "catclaw acacia, Acacia greggii")
0.18	r			Sign: "blue palo verde, Cercidium floridum"
0.19	l			(white sage, Salvia apiana)
0.19	l			(ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens)
0.19	l			Sign: "Ed Hastey Desert Garden Trail ..."
0.19				Trail turns left to Visitor Center entrance
0.19	l		sp	(Sign: "penstemon, Penstemon sp.")
0.19	l	46		Coves's cassia	Senna covesii	1 / 1	1
0.19	l			(California buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum)
0.19	l			(*Cooper's paper-daisy, Psilostrophe cooperi)
0.19				End Desert Garden Trail. Just ahead, the last plant before entering the visitor center, is the yellow-flowered form of chuparosa, Justicia californica. To see the next species, turn around and head to the parking lot; it is on the sidewalk continuation just after you cross the circular driveway
0.20	l	47		ajamete	Asclepias subulata	1 / 1	1
				To see the next species, continue to the end of the parking lot; it is in the island there
				(apricot mallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua)
				The final species is on the east side of the Visitor's Center, east of the Cleveland sage
				(arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea)
				The following species were on the trail only during the weekend of 2/17/07:
0.19	l			(*Salvia X trident: S. mojavensis X S. clevelandii X S. dorrii)
0.19	l			*Lady in Red	Salvia coccinea	2 / 1
0.19	l			*Bush Germander	Teucrium fruticans 'azureum'	1 / 1

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Updated 19 February 2007.