Plant Guide to Whispering Pines Nature Trail, San Bernardino Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Trailhead on south side of SR38 across from Ponderosa Pines Nature Trail, just west of the Jenks Lake Road turnoff.
0.00	l			(desert crested wheatgrass, Agropyron desertorum)
0.00	l	1		groundsmoke	Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum	20 / 3	9
0.00	l	2		bur-ragweed	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	2 / 1	10
0.00	b	3		wild pepper-grass	Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens	10 / 1	4
0.00	b	4		white everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	5 / 5	29
0.00	b	5	~	*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9	19
0.00	r	6	sp		Bromus ciliatum or carinatus - sample	5 / 1
0.00	l			Sign: "Nature Trail: Whispering Pines"
0.00	l	7	?		Achnatherum occidentalis?	5 / 1
0.00	r	8	~	Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	10 / 9	10
0.00	l	9	~	hybrid pine	Pinus jeffreyi X P. ponderosa+	/	1
0.00	r	10		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	30 / 9	8
0.00	l	11		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	30 / 9	34
0.00	l			(planted cedar)
0.00				Jct. loop portion of trail. Go right.
0.01	r	12		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	5 / 2	19
0.01	l	13	sp	our unknown mystery sedge	Carex sp.	20 / 9
0.01	b	14		Spanish clover	Lotus purshianus var. purshianus	10 / 1	14
0.01	l	15		one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	99 / 9	19
0.01	b	16	~	western morning-glory	Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata	10 / 9	6
0.01	r	17		goldenrod	Solidago californica	20 / 2	21
0.01	r	18		*tumble-mustard	Sisymbrium altissimum	5 / 1	7
0.01	l	19	ssp	squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	10 / 3	4
0.02	l		~	(spreading fleabane, Erigeron divergens)
0.02	r	20		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	30 / 9	10
0.02	r	21		Brewer's fleabane	Erigeron breweri var. porphyreticus	30 / 9	1
0.02	r	22		southern Hartweg's iris	Iris hartwegii ssp. australis	30 / 9	1
0.02	b	23		mountain mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	30 / 9	3
0.03	r			(California false-indigo, Amorpha californica var. californica)
0.03	r			Signpost "1" at a California black oak, Quercus kelloggii.
0.03	b	24		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	/	14
0.04	r	25		white fir	Abies concolor	20 / 9	13
0.04	l	26		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	5 / 5	2
0.04	l	27	~	western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	30 / 9	10
0.05	r			Signpost "2" at a white fir, Abies concolor, and California black oak.
0.05	l	28		California false-indigo	Amorpha californica var. californica	30 / 9	2
0.05	b	29		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	30 / 9	17
0.05	r	30		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron villosum	/	3
0.06	l	31	sp	popcorn flower	Cryptantha sp.	10 / 1
0.06	b	32		splendid gilia	Gilia splendens ssp. splendens	99 / 9	5
0.06	r	33		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula	30 / 9	10
0.06	r	34		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	10 / 9	8
0.07	l			Signpost "3" at a rock garden.
0.07	l	35		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus	30 / 2	19
0.07	b	36	sp	pineland buckwheat	Eriogonum molestum	10 / 1	2
0.08	r	37		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	1 / 1	20
0.08	b	38		mustang mint	Monardella lanceolata	20 / 1	3
0.08	c			Signpost "4", with a beautiful field of mustang mint, Monardella lanceolata on the right.
0.08	l	39		summer snow	Linanthus floribundus ssp. glaber	10 / 9	2
0.10		40		ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa	/	3
0.11	l	41	~	Indian milkweed	Asclepias eriocarpa	3 / 1	11
0.12				Switchback left.
	r	42		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	10 / 9	35
	r	43	~	Bishop's lotus	Lotus strigosus	1 / 1	18
	r	44		Mojave linanthus	Linanthus breviculus	10 / 1	4
0.13	r	45		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	1 / 1	8
	r	46	?	needlegrass - sample
	r	47	~	Davidson's lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. davidsonii	2 / 1	7
0.15	r			Signpost "5" at an impressive rock with many lichens.
0.16				Long switchback right.
0.17	l	48	?	tall wheatgrass?	Elytrigia elongata? - sample	10 / 1
0.19	r			Signpost "6".
0.21	l	49	?	blue wildrye?	Elymus glaucus?	5 / 1
0.21	t	50		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	/	7
0.23				Switchback left.
	r	51	~	California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	5 / 1	8
0.25	r	52		horseweed	Conyza canadensis	2 / 1	17
0.25	r	53		curve-flowered skullcap	Scutellaria siphocampyloides	1 / 1	1
0.27				Switchback right.
0.28				Switchback left.
0.29	r	54	~	Yosemite rockcress	Arabis repanda var. repanda	1 / 1	3
0.29	r	55		goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	10 / 3	6
0.30				Switchback right.
0.31				Trail bends left.
0.33	l			Signpost "7" at a bench without a back.
0.34				Long switchback left.
0.35				Trail turns left 90°.
0.36	r			Signpost "8"; trail curves right 90°.
	r	56		San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	5 / 1	4
	l	57		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	1 / 1	12
0.40	r	58	sp	Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	1 / 1	9
0.40				Switchback left.
0.41	l	59	sp	wild sweet pea or vetch
0.43				Trail curves right 90°.
0.44	l			Signpost "9".
0.45	r	60		sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa	5 / 1	7
0.47				Switchback left.
0.50				Trail turns right 90°.
0.50	r	61	sp	miner's lettuce	Claytonia perfoliata	5 / 1	6
0.50	r	62	?	unk grass	Agoseris or Muhlenbergia?	5 / 1
0.51				Switchback left.
0.53	b	63	?	unk grass - sample101
0.54	r	64	~	forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	1 / 1	2
0.54	l			Signpost "10".
0.62				Back at Trailhead.
				Species observed by Michael Charters and a UC Riverside Group in July 2000 that were not seen in August 2003 on the trail:
				plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	/
				woodland strawberry	Fragaria vesca	/
				Anderson's lupine	Lupinus andersonii	/
				giant blazing star	Mentzelia laevicaulis	/
				*English plantain	Plantago lanceolata	/
				bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	/
				pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	/
				snow-plant	Sarcodes sanguinea	/
				white catch-fly	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	/
				*common mullein	Verbascum thapsus	/

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Updated 26 August 2003.