Plant Guide To North Rim Trail, Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

mile	s	#	id	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Beginning of trail at Via Tornado; elevation 1150 feet (350 m)
0.00	c	1		*Bermuda grass	Cynodon dactylon	/	20
0.00	r	2		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	/	42
0.00	r	3		San Diego wreathplant	Stephanomeria diegensis	/	15
0.00		4		*soft chess	Bromus hordeaceus	/	29
0.00		5		*white-stemmed filaree	Erodium moschatum	/	12
0.00		6		*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum	/	14
0.00	b	7		California sagebrush	Artemisia californica	/	35
0.00	b	8		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	/	41
0.00	b	9		bur-ragweed	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	/	14
0.00		10		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	/	41
0.00		11		*Russian thistle	Salsola tragus	/	24
0.00	l	12		telegraph weed	Heterotheca grandiflora	/	26
0.00		13		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	/	42
0.00		14		*wild oats	Avena fatua	/	16
0.00	b	15		short-winged deerweed	Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus	/	16
0.00	l	16		*tocalote	Centaurea melitensis	/	35
0.00	b	17		*California burclover	Medicago polymorpha	/	28
0.01	r	18		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum	/	40
0.01	l	19		*creeping Australian saltbush	Atriplex semibaccata	/	10
0.01		20		yellow pincushion	Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula	/	11
0.01	l			Aqueduct structure; trail turns right 45°.
0.02	b	21		western ragweed	Ambrosia psilostachya	/	26
0.02		22		*narrowleaf filago	Filago gallica	/	32
0.02		23		*sourclover	Melilotus indicus	/	16
0.02	b	24		white sage	Salvia apiana	/	30
0.03	r	25		slender tarweed	Hemizonia fasciculata	/	11
0.03		26		nodding needlegrass	Nassella cernua	/	10
0.03		27		*slender wild oats	Avena barbata	/	25
0.03		28		*scarlet pimpernel	Anagallis arvensis	/	18
0.03		29		California everlasting	Gnaphalium californicum	/	30
0.03	l	30		*fountain grass	Pennisetum setaceum	10 / 2	9
0.03	l	31		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	/	41
0.03	b	32		laurel sumac	Malosma laurina	/	32
0.04	b	33		*nit grass	Gastridium ventricosum	/	16
0.04	r	34		south coast morning-glory	Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia	/	14
0.05		35		virgin's bower	Clematis pauciflora	/	8
0.05		36		bicolored everlasting	Gnaphalium bicolor	/	26
0.06	r	37		rattlesnake weed	Daucus pusillus	/	16
0.06	r	38	?	like one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda?	/
0.06	r			(hollyleaf redberry, Rhamnus ilicifolia)
0.07	l	39	~	*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	/	28
0.08	l	40		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	/	47
0.08		41		saw-toothed goldenbush	Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides	/	29
0.09				Trail loop jct.; elevation 1120 feet (340 m). Sign: "Trail" with arrows indicating the loop branches; take left branch
0.12	l	42		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus	/	22
0.12	l	43		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	/	35
0.12	r	44	sp	Pacific? sanicle	Sanicula crassicaulis?	/
0.13	b	45		heartleaf penstemon	Keckiella cordifolia	/	21
0.13		46		bush monkeyflower	Mimulus aurantiacus	/	35
0.13	r			(wild cucumber, Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus)
0.14	r	47		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	/	34
0.14	r	48		climbing bedstraw	Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii	/	23
0.15	r	49		black sage	Salvia mellifera	/	34
0.15		50		small-flowered melica	Melica imperfecta	/	33
0.15				Trail turns right 90° and begins an ascent.
0.17		51	sp	mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	/
0.17				Local high point.
0.17	l			(coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia)
0.17	l			(Torrey's scrub oak, Quercus Xacutidens)
0.18	l			View of lower walls of Temecula Gorge; sound of waterfall in tributary to left.
0.18	l			(mission manzanita, Xylococcus bicolor)
0.19		52		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	/	41
0.20	l	53		Engelmann oak	Quercus engelmannii	/	15
0.20	l	54		mission manzanita	Xylococcus bicolor	/	11
0.20	r	55		coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia	/	34
0.22	l			View of waterfall (just after the trail descends a bit); trail continues to descend
0.23				View of Santa Margarita River
0.25	b	56	?	tall dead stem like Stephanomeria or soap plant.	?	/
0.26		57		California peony	Paeonia californica	/	12
0.26				Jct. Observation Point Trail; elevation ~1080 feet (330 m); take left branch.
0.28		58		California four o'clock	Mirabilis californica	/	15
0.28	r	59		chia	Salvia columbariae	/	18
0.28	b	60		Bigelow's spike-moss	Selaginella bigelovii	/	16
0.28	l	61		ladies fingers	Dudleya edulis	/	7
0.28				Turn around and return to Loop Trail
0.30				Jct. Loop Trail - go left and continue on Loop Trail
0.31		62		coffee fern	Pellaea andromedifolia	/	19
0.33		63		soap plant	Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum	/	13
0.33	r			Weather station; local high point.
0.36				View of Observation Point on left and Temecula homes in distance
0.38				View of S. road to Temecula Gorge, old railroad bench just east of road, and red wall of Bedford Canyon formation below North Field Station.
0.39				Local low point.
0.41				Local high point.
0.43				Local low point.
		64		bird's-foot fern	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	/	22
		65		*windmill pink	Silene gallica	/	22
0.53				View of North Field Station and gate down to Temecula Gorge
0.53	r			Pack rat's nest and the rat's trail to it.
0.58				End Loop - go left back to trailhead
0.67				North Rim Trail ends at Via Tornado

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Last update: 9 November 2004.