Plant Guide to Mt. Baden-Powell and Lamel Spring Trail

Plant Guide to Mt. Baden-Powell and Lamel Spring Trail

Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction

The plant trail guide has been updated with all field work through 12 September 2014, but some sections in this webpage have not been updated since 2003.
Highlights of This Trail

Botanical highlights of this trail include:

Lamel Spring is the type locality for scalloped moonwort, Botrychium crenulatum.
The Vincent Gap area is the type locality for spreading larkspur, Delphinium patens ssp. montanum. The type locality was given as Vincent Gulch at 6600 feet, Munz 6846. Ranging at 5000 to 7500 feet in SnGb and SnBr and Mt. Pinos.
Note the abundance of non-native species in the parking lot area, and the paucity of non-native species on the trail itself.

Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail

The following histogram gives the number of trails and floras from our surveys, that are in our database (many of our surveys are not yet in our database) that contain each taxon on this trail. We had 321 of our trails and floras in our database when this histogram was made on 15 September 2014. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among our trails or floras in our database.

Number of Trails
Containing A Taxon Number Of Taxa
On This Trail % of Taxa
On This Trail
1 2 2%
2 0 0%
3 4 3%
4 2 2%
5 5 4%

1-5 13 11%
6-10 20 17%
11-15 10 8%
16-20 4 3%
21-25 3 3%
26-30 4 3%
31-35 7 6%
36-40 5 4%
41-45 6 5%
46-50 2 2%
51-55 4 3%
56-60 8 7%
>60 34 28%
Total Taxa 120 100%

The table above does not contain the two taxa vouchered on this trail that we've never recorded in our database.
The taxa seen only on this trail, or on just two other trails / areas, as well as two taxa which are vouchered from this trail but which we have never recorded in our database, are:

# our trails / floras Scientific Name Common Name
1 Achillea filipendulina fern-leaf yarrow
0 Botrychium crenulatum scalloped moonwort
1 Carex aurea golden sedge
3 Cycladenia humilis var. venusta showy cycladenia
3 Gayophytum heterozygum zig-zag gayophytum
3 Monardella australis ssp. cinerea gray monardella
0 Platanthera sparsiflora sparse-flowered bog-orchid
3 Sequoiadendron giganteum *giant sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum is non-native here, and has been planted in the parking lot area.
Although our database is incomplete, and does not contain all our surveys, the taxa in the above table are indeed quite uncommon in our surveys.
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time

This section has not been updated, and is unchanged from the 2003 version.
The following table gives the dates the trail was walked and taxa recorded. After each visit, the table gives the total number of taxa on the list and the breakdown of the taxa without positive identification. See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides to understand the symbols below.

Visit Date Visit # # taxa # "?" # "sp" # "~" # "ssp"
8/30/2002 1 44 0 2 0 3
9/25/2003 2 63 6 1 3 0

The 8/30/02 fieldwork was only to mile 2.32.
The Plant Guide

This guide now mostly uses the scientific names from the Jepson Manual Second Edition, 2012, with these changes.
The mileage is from the Topo! route drawn from several GPS tracks of the trail, and might be underestimated a bit due to the large number of tight switchbacks.
There used to be a number of signs placed at switchbacks that numbered the switchbacks and gave their elevation, as well as the mileage to each one in hundredths of a mile, but all those signs were gone as of 2014. The guide retains the info from those signs as of 2003. The mileages on the signs in the upper part of the trail were roughly 0.10 miles higher than the numbers in the guide.
For this guide, we've relaxed our usual tight criterion for whether a plant is "on trail" or not. Only plants not easily reached from the trail now qualify for being put in parentheses as being "off trail".
See Explanation of Trail Guide Columns.
See also Plant List in Family Order.
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Mile S # id? Common Name Scientific Name #here #All
0.00 Parking lot at Vincent Gap, elevation 6580 feet (2006 m), in fault gouge. The following are parking area plants in alphabetical order by scientific name. Numbered species are not seen elsewhere on the trail. Non-numbered species are also found on the trail, but not in the parking area, and their abundance estimates are given at their first location on the trail.
0.00 - 1 *fern-leaf yarrow Achillea filipendulina 1 / 1 1
0.00 - 2 yarrow Achillea millefolium 2 / 1 72
0.00 - 3 silky lotus Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii 10 / 1 20
0.00 - 4 bur-ragweed Ambrosia acanthicarpa 30 / 1 42
0.00 - Utah service-berry Amelanchier utahensis /
0.00 - plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus /
0.00 - 5 Mojave ceanothus Ceanothus vestitus 1 / 1 10
0.00 - birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides /
0.00 - curl-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius /
0.00 - 6 *Jerusalem oak Dysphania botrys 10 / 1 8
0.00 - 7 smoothleaf yerba santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx 10 / 1 26
0.00 - Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii /
0.00 - 8 California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 10 / 1 109
0.00 - 9 *redstem filaree Erodium cicutarium 30 / 1 142
0.00 - 10 chaparral yucca Hesperoyucca whipplei 1 / 1 82
0.00 - 11 *shortpod mustard Hirschfeldia incana 3 / 1 77
0.00 - 12 *prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola 3 / 1 69
0.00 - 13 *white sweetclover Melilotus albus 10 / 1 12
0.00 - 14 giant blazing star Mentzelia laevicaulis 1 / 1 9
0.00 - Grinnell's beardtongue Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii /
0.00 - 15 *knotweed Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum 30 / 1 32
0.00 - 16 slender everlasting Pseudognaphalium thermale 1 / 1 32
0.00 - 17 *giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum 6 / 1 3
0.00 - 18 goldenrod Solidago velutina ssp. californica 20 / 1 131
0.00 - 19 slender wreathplant Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua 1 / 1 30
0.00 - 20 *puncture-vine Tribulus terrestris 1 / 1 8
0.00 - 21 western vervain Verbena lasiostachys 5 / 1 6

0.00 Trailhead at southwest corner of parking lot
0.00 r 22 *downy brome Bromus tectorum 99 / 9 101
0.00 r 23 naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum 99 / 9 80
0.00 r 24 wild tarragon Artemisia dracunculus 20 / 2 98
0.00 r Sign: "Warning: Hazardous Trail during winter months. Steep icy slopes."
0.00 r 25 big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 99 / 2 35
0.00 l 26 canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis 99 / 9 104
0.00 r 27 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina 99 / 9 95
0.00 l Sign: "Mine Gulch 4.5 mi (left); Lamel Spring 1.5 mi (right); Baden-Powell summit 4 mi (right); no bicycles allowed".
0.00 r 28 Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi 99 / 9 119
0.00 b 29 nodding bedstraw Galium hallii 99 / 9 5
0.00 r 30 squirreltail Elymus elymoides 10 / 2 110
0.00 b 31 beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 99 / 9 66
0.01 b 32 sulphur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii 99 / 4 36
0.01 l 33 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 30 / 5 69
0.01 l 34 dead in 2014. white fir Abies concolor 99 / 9 121
0.01 b 35 one-sided bluegrass Poa secunda ssp. secunda 99 / 2 57
0.01 b 36 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum 30 / 5 105
0.01 l 37 sp arched elegant rock-cress Boechera arcuata 1 / 1 11
0.01 l 38 deer brush Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus 2 / 2 9
0.01 r PCT post.
Check for santolina pincushion, Chaenactis santolinoides
0.01 l 39 Grinnell's beardtongue Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii 20 / 3 63
0.01 l 40 birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides 2 / 1 57
0.01 l 41 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum 99 / 2 57
42 spear-leaved mountain dandelion Agoseris retrorsa x / 42
43 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 99 / 9 123
0.02 l 44 pine lousewort Pedicularis semibarbata 99 / 9 75
0.02 r 45 leafy daisy Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus 99 / 9 103
0.02 Trail turns 90 degrees left.
0.03 r End of wooden rail. Sign: "Adopt-A-Trail: Boy Scouts of America".
0.03 l Sign: “PCT; Mt. Baden-Powell 3.7 mi; Windy Gap 9.4 mi; Little Jimmy Trail Camp 9.7 mi; Islip Saddle Trailhead 11.8 mi”
0.03 r 46 Nevin's bird's beak Cordylanthus nevinii 50 / 2 41
0.03 b 47 mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 99 / 9 124
0.03 r 48 Davidson's lotus Acmispon nevadensis var. davidsonii 1 / 1 19
0.03 r 49 narrowleaf monardella Monardella linoides ssp. stricta 99 / 9 11
0.04 r First live white fir, Abies concolor, in 2014
0.05 r 50 dead in 2014. mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus 30 / 9 89
0.06 l 51 California black oak Quercus kelloggii 2 / 1 41
0.06 r 52 fir mistletoe Phoradendron bolleanum 99 / 9 43
0.06 r 53 incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens 28 / 2 74
0.09 l 54 Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii var. roezlii 75 / 9 59
0.09 b 55 Yosemite rockcress Boechera repanda 99 / 9 20
0.10 l 56 spreading larkspur Delphinium patens ssp. montanum 5 / 1 6
0.10 l 57 Wright's collinsia Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii 40 / 5 7
0.10 r 58 ~ wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum 99 / 3 82
0.11 l 59 California brome Bromus carinatus var. carinatus 5 / 1 75
0.12 Switchback left, #1.
0.12 r (blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
0.14 l 60 Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii 20 / 3 62
0.21 r 61 flannelbush Fremontodendron californicum 3 / 1 12
0.21 r 62 white catch-fly Silene verecunda 99 / 3 88
0.21 l 63 forest sedge Carex multicaulis 2 / 1 21
0.21 l Switchback right, #2. Sign (gone in 2014): "Please use the trail. Short cuts cause erosion".
0.24 r First live mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus, in 2014
0.27 64 santolina pincushion Chaenactis santolinoides 8 / 3 22
0.27 l 65 Parish's tauschia Tauschia parishii 30 / 2 31
0.32 l (sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.37 r definite wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum /
0.38 r 66 blue elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea 13 / 5 105
0.39 l 67 Utah service-berry Amelanchier utahensis 1 / 1 26
0.39 l 68 western choke-cherry Prunus virginiana var. demissa 1 / 1 15
0.42 l 69 canyon dodder Cuscuta subinclusa 1 / 1 4
0.43 Switchback left, #3. Sign (gone in 2014):"El 6808. Mile 0.x3. (sb) 3" (x = missing letters or numbers in sign; 2075 m). Old trail continues straight here, but is blocked off and not maintained.
0.58 Trail gradually bends right 90°.
0.62 r golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum /
0.62 r 70 ~ San Bernardino Mountain onion Allium monticola 30 / 2 8
0.62 r 71 clustered broomrape Orobanche fasciculata 1 / 1 15
0.62 r 72 woolly mountain-parsley Oreonana vestita 30 / 5 10
0.64 Switchback right, #4, with a pretty bank of California fuchsia in the middle, elevation ~7010 feet (2135 m).
0.65 l 73 curl-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius 15 / 2 46
0.66 l 74 California coffeeberry Frangula californica 3 / 1 37
0.68 l 75 threadleaf common rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila 4 / 2 30
0.69 l 76 plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus 6 / 3 55
0.72 r 77 sugar pine Pinus lambertiana 99 / 9 92
0.79 Switchback left, #5, elevation ~7150 feet (2180 m). Sign (gone in 2014): El 71x0. Mile 0.7x. (sb) 5".
0.85 Switchback right, #6. Double-long bench without back with great views to northeast.
0.94 l 78 rock melica Melica stricta 1 / 1 9
0.92 Switchback left, #7.
0.95 l 79 pine dwarf-mistletoe Arceuthobium campylopodum 39 / 2 25
0.98 Trail makes a long curve right 90° at ridge
1.00 l 80 zig-zag gayophytum Gayophytum heterozygum 30 / 2 3
1.02 r 81 clasping-leaved caulanthus Caulanthus amplexicaulis 15 / 1 8
1.02 r 82 California brickellbush Brickellia californica 1 / 1 54
1.02 Switchback right, #8, elevation ~7340 feet (2235 m)
1.02 Long curve left at ridge
1.10 Switchback left, #9.
1.13 Trail curves right 90° at ridge.
1.17 Switchback right, #10.
1.21 r 83 white-bark raspberry Rubus leucodermis 1 / 1 8
1.23 Switchback left, #11. Faint use trail continues straight.
1.29 Switchback right, #12, elevation ~7560 feet (2305 m).
1.33 l 84 snow-plant Sarcodes sanguinea 4 / 2 57
1.37 l first pine lousewort, Pedicularis semibarbata, in 2014.
1.37 Trail curves left 90° at ridge.
1.40 l 85 white-veined wintergreen Pyrola dentata 17 / 3 5
1.44 Switchback left, #13. Faint use trail continues straight.
1.44 l 86 lodgepole pine Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana 99 / 9 56
1.53 Trail curves right 90° at ridge.
1.53 r 87 rock buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile 99 / 5 31
1.55 l 88 bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 99 / 5 75
1.60 Switchback right, #14, elevation ~7760 feet (2365 m); Jct. trail to Lamel Spring. Sign: "Lamel Spring 1/4 mi (left); Mt. Baden-Powell 2 mi (r); Little Jimmy Campground 9 mi (r): Islip Saddle 11 mi (r); Crystal Lake 12 mi (r) 8W05".

Species at Lamel Spring, in alphabetical order by name
89 spike bentgrass Agrostis exarata V / 24
90 green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula 30 / 2 75
91 scalloped moonwort Botrychium crenulatum V / 1 0
92 golden sedge Carex aurea x / 1 1
93 clustered field sedge Carex praegracilis x / 1 13
94 scented shooting star Dodecatheon redolens 99 / 1 8
95 glaucus willowherb Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum 99 / 1 35
96 Bigelow's sneezeweed Helenium bigelovii 99 / 1 5
97 lemon lily Lilium parryi 5 / 1 53
98 *spearmint Mentha spicata 99 / 1 8
99 scarlet monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis 99 / 1 43
100 white bog orchid Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys 1 / 1 15
101 sparse-flowered bog-orchid Platanthera sparsiflora V / 1 0
102 Kentucky blue grass Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis 1 / 1 37
103 pinedrops Pterospora andromedea 15 / 4 59
104 mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense 1 / 1 71
105 interior rose Rosa woodsii ssp. gratissima 40 / 1 8
106 blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bellum V / 1 32

1.60 Continuation on Baden-Powell Trail
1.64 r 107 spineless horsebrush Tetradymia canescens 14 / 1 18
1.65 r 108 pinegrove groundsmoke Gayophytum oligospermum 1 / 1 55
1.65 Trail curves 90° left as it crosses a ridge.
1.67 r Jct. short use trail leading to a makeshift table and cooking ring.
1.77 l 109 broad-seeded rock-cress Boechera platysperma 43 / 3 11
1.78 r First pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea, on main trail
1.80 Switchback left, #15. Sign: "El. 7903 Mi. 2.02 (sb) 15" (2409 m)
1.89 Trail curves 90° right as it crosses a ridge.
1.93 Lodgepole pine with bear claw marks.
1.95 Switchback right, #16, elevation ~8010 feet (2440 m); Sign: “Mile 2”
2.09 Trail enters an area whose overall slope is gentler.
2.18 "U"-shaped switchback left, #17.
2.30 Trail curves right 90° as it crosses a ridge.
2.32 l 110 San Bernardino beardtongue Penstemon caesius 11 / 2 10
2.36 r 111 pussy paws Calyptridium monospermum 40 / 3 40
2.38 Switchback right, #18. Sign (gone in 2014): "El 8240 Mi 2.45 (sb) 18" (2512 m).
2.42 Trail bends left as it crosses a broad ridge.
2.61 Switchback left, #19. Sign (gone in 2014): "El. 8440 Mi. 2.68 (sb) 19" (2573 m).
2.81 Trail curves right as it crosses a ridge.
2.81 Switchback right, #20, elevation ~8560 feet (2610 m). Sign (gone in 2014): "El 8660 Mi 2.89 (sb) 20".
2.86 l Sign: “Mile 3”
2.86 Highest sugar pine
2.87 "U"-shaped switchback left, #21.
2.93 Switchback right, #22.
2.98 l 112 limber pine Pinus flexilis 99 / 9 36
2.99 Switchback left, #23.
3.06 Switchback right, #24.
3.11 Switchback left, #25, elevation ~8800 feet (2680 m). Sign: "El 9060 Mi. 3.2x (sb) 25".
3.11 r 113 alpine sulfur-flowered buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus 99 / 5 7
3.15 Switchback right, #26.
3.15 Highest Jeffrey pine on north slope of Baden-Powell (they are at the top and south side, too)
3.19 Switchback left, #27.
3.22 Switchback right, #28.
3.24 Switchback left, #29.
3.27 Switchback right, #30. Great views now of Devils Punchbowl area and Mojave Desert.
3.28 Highest white fir.
3.32 Switchback left, #31.
3.37 Switchback right, #32, elevation ~9000 feet (2745 m).
3.39 Switchback left, #33.
3.42 Switchback right, #34.
3.44 Switchback left, #35.
Check for Pyrola picta s.s.
3.49 Switchback right, #36.
3.51 r Switchback left, #37. Jct. path up ridge at a blank wooden post.
3.54 Switchback right, #38, elevation ~9200 feet (2805 m).
3.57 l 114 showy cycladenia Cycladenia humilis var. venusta 99 / 1 3
3.57 l 115 gray monardella Monardella australis ssp. cinerea 99 / 2 3
3.59 Can now see the peak of Mt. Baden-Powell for first time.
116 bitter root Lewisia rediviva var. minor x / 8
3.61 r 117 San Jacinto Mtns. daisy Erigeron breweri var. jacinteus 40 / 1 12
3.63 Now on top ridge, with great views.
3.66 r Sign on trunk: "Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis".
3.68 Sign: "Mt. Baden-Powell Jct. Dawson Saddle Jct 2.5 mi (r); Vincent Gap 3.8 mi (l); Windy Gap 5.2 mi (r); Islip Saddle 7.2 mi (r). Sponsor: Angeles Crest 100 mi run. Highest point 9300 feet. Go left to Baden-Powell
3.69 l Sign: "The 'Wally' Waldron Tree" (a 2,000 year old tree!)
3.74 Switchback left, #39. Lots of onion here.
3.74 r 118 San Gabriel Mtns. sunflower Hulsea vestita ssp. gabrielensis V / 4
3.76 Switchback right, #40.
3.77 b 119 southern alpine buckwheat Eriogonum kennedyi var. alpigenum 99 / 1 5
3.77 Trail curves left 90°.
3.82 Boy Scout Monument and peak register.
3.82 Pole at top of Baden-Powell, elevation 9399 feet (2865 m). Next two species are just beyond the peak:
3.84 green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula /
3.86 120 Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii 99 / 2 60
3.86 121 mountain spray Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus 1 / 1 46
3.86 End guide.
The following two species are fire-followers and will only reappear after the next burn
122 red-rayed hulsea Hulsea heterochroma V / 10
123 Parish's oxytheca Acanthoscyphus parishii var. parishii x / 5

Comments On Specific Species

Ceanothus cordulatus and Abies concolor. The first occurrences of these taxa were dead in 2003 and 2014, respectively. The guide gives the first live plants in 2013.
~Allium monticola. Only dead inflorescences were observed in 2003, but the bract length, bract shape, tepal length, and pedicel lengths are only consistent with this id. However, we still qualify this id as only being 95% since we have not observed a bloom yet.
The second occurrence of dead onion inflorescences was at 0.07 miles from the top. Although we did not measure those dead inflorescences, only Allium monticola is found above 9000 feet, according to the floras, and hence again this is the likely id.

Number of Trails Containing A Taxon	Number Of Taxa On This Trail	% of Taxa On This Trail
1	2	2%
2	0	0%
3	4	3%
4	2	2%
5	5	4%

1-5	13	11%
6-10	20	17%
11-15	10	8%
16-20	4	3%
21-25	3	3%
26-30	4	3%
31-35	7	6%
36-40	5	4%
41-45	6	5%
46-50	2	2%
51-55	4	3%
56-60	8	7%
>60	34	28%
Total Taxa	120	100%

# our trails / floras	Scientific Name	Common Name
1	Achillea filipendulina	fern-leaf yarrow
0	Botrychium crenulatum	scalloped moonwort
1	Carex aurea	golden sedge
3	Cycladenia humilis var. venusta	showy cycladenia
3	Gayophytum heterozygum	zig-zag gayophytum
3	Monardella australis ssp. cinerea	gray monardella
0	Platanthera sparsiflora	sparse-flowered bog-orchid
3	Sequoiadendron giganteum	*giant sequoia

Visit Date	Visit #	# taxa	# "?"	# "sp"	# "~"	# "ssp"
8/30/2002	1	44	0	2	0	3
9/25/2003	2	63	6	1	3	0

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Scientific Name	#here	#All
0.00				Parking lot at Vincent Gap, elevation 6580 feet (2006 m), in fault gouge. The following are parking area plants in alphabetical order by scientific name. Numbered species are not seen elsewhere on the trail. Non-numbered species are also found on the trail, but not in the parking area, and their abundance estimates are given at their first location on the trail.
0.00	-	1		*fern-leaf yarrow	Achillea filipendulina	1 / 1	1
0.00	-	2		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	2 / 1	72
0.00	-	3		silky lotus	Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii	10 / 1	20
0.00	-	4		bur-ragweed	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	30 / 1	42
0.00	-			Utah service-berry	Amelanchier utahensis	/
0.00	-			plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	/
0.00	-	5		Mojave ceanothus	Ceanothus vestitus	1 / 1	10
0.00	-			birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	/
0.00	-			curl-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	/
0.00	-	6		*Jerusalem oak	Dysphania botrys	10 / 1	8
0.00	-	7		smoothleaf yerba santa	Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx	10 / 1	26
0.00	-			Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	/
0.00	-	8		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	10 / 1	109
0.00	-	9		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	30 / 1	142
0.00	-	10		chaparral yucca	Hesperoyucca whipplei	1 / 1	82
0.00	-	11		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	3 / 1	77
0.00	-	12		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	3 / 1	69
0.00	-	13		*white sweetclover	Melilotus albus	10 / 1	12
0.00	-	14		giant blazing star	Mentzelia laevicaulis	1 / 1	9
0.00	-			Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	/
0.00	-	15		*knotweed	Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum	30 / 1	32
0.00	-	16		slender everlasting	Pseudognaphalium thermale	1 / 1	32
0.00	-	17		*giant sequoia	Sequoiadendron giganteum	6 / 1	3
0.00	-	18		goldenrod	Solidago velutina ssp. californica	20 / 1	131
0.00	-	19		slender wreathplant	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	1 / 1	30
0.00	-	20		*puncture-vine	Tribulus terrestris	1 / 1	8
0.00	-	21		western vervain	Verbena lasiostachys	5 / 1	6

0.00				Trailhead at southwest corner of parking lot
0.00	r	22		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9	101
0.00	r	23		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	99 / 9	80
0.00	r	24		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	20 / 2	98
0.00	r			Sign: "Warning: Hazardous Trail during winter months. Steep icy slopes."
0.00	r	25		big sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata	99 / 2	35
0.00	l	26		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9	104
0.00	r	27		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina	99 / 9	95
0.00	l			Sign: "Mine Gulch 4.5 mi (left); Lamel Spring 1.5 mi (right); Baden-Powell summit 4 mi (right); no bicycles allowed".
0.00	r	28		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	99 / 9	119
0.00	b	29		nodding bedstraw	Galium hallii	99 / 9	5
0.00	r	30		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	10 / 2	110
0.00	b	31		beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	99 / 9	66
0.01	b	32		sulphur buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii	99 / 4	36
0.01	l	33		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	30 / 5	69
0.01	l	34		dead in 2014. white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	121
0.01	b	35		one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	99 / 2	57
0.01	b	36		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	30 / 5	105
0.01	l	37	sp	arched elegant rock-cress	Boechera arcuata	1 / 1	11
0.01	l	38		deer brush	Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus	2 / 2	9
0.01	r			PCT post.
				Check for santolina pincushion, Chaenactis santolinoides
0.01	l	39		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	20 / 3	63
0.01	l	40		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	2 / 1	57
0.01	l	41		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	99 / 2	57
		42		spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	x /	42
		43		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	99 / 9	123
0.02	l	44		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	99 / 9	75
0.02	r	45		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	99 / 9	103
0.02				Trail turns 90 degrees left.
0.03	r			End of wooden rail. Sign: "Adopt-A-Trail: Boy Scouts of America".
0.03	l			Sign: “PCT; Mt. Baden-Powell 3.7 mi; Windy Gap 9.4 mi; Little Jimmy Trail Camp 9.7 mi; Islip Saddle Trailhead 11.8 mi”
0.03	r	46		Nevin's bird's beak	Cordylanthus nevinii	50 / 2	41
0.03	b	47		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	99 / 9	124
0.03	r	48		Davidson's lotus	Acmispon nevadensis var. davidsonii	1 / 1	19
0.03	r	49		narrowleaf monardella	Monardella linoides ssp. stricta	99 / 9	11
0.04	r			First live white fir, Abies concolor, in 2014
0.05	r	50		dead in 2014. mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	30 / 9	89
0.06	l	51		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	2 / 1	41
0.06	r	52		fir mistletoe	Phoradendron bolleanum	99 / 9	43
0.06	r	53		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	28 / 2	74
0.09	l	54		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	75 / 9	59
0.09	b	55		Yosemite rockcress	Boechera repanda	99 / 9	20
0.10	l	56		spreading larkspur	Delphinium patens ssp. montanum	5 / 1	6
0.10	l	57		Wright's collinsia	Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii	40 / 5	7
0.10	r	58	~	wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	99 / 3	82
0.11	l	59		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	5 / 1	75
0.12				Switchback left, #1.
0.12	r			(blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
0.14	l	60		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 3	62
0.21	r	61		flannelbush	Fremontodendron californicum	3 / 1	12
0.21	r	62		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda	99 / 3	88
0.21	l	63		forest sedge	Carex multicaulis	2 / 1	21
0.21	l			Switchback right, #2. Sign (gone in 2014): "Please use the trail. Short cuts cause erosion".
0.24	r			First live mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus, in 2014
0.27		64		santolina pincushion	Chaenactis santolinoides	8 / 3	22
0.27	l	65		Parish's tauschia	Tauschia parishii	30 / 2	31
0.32	l			(sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.37	r			definite wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	/
0.38	r	66		blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	13 / 5	105
0.39	l	67		Utah service-berry	Amelanchier utahensis	1 / 1	26
0.39	l	68		western choke-cherry	Prunus virginiana var. demissa	1 / 1	15
0.42	l	69		canyon dodder	Cuscuta subinclusa	1 / 1	4
0.43				Switchback left, #3. Sign (gone in 2014):"El 6808. Mile 0.x3. (sb) 3" (x = missing letters or numbers in sign; 2075 m). Old trail continues straight here, but is blocked off and not maintained.
0.58				Trail gradually bends right 90°.
0.62	r			golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	/
0.62	r	70	~	San Bernardino Mountain onion	Allium monticola	30 / 2	8
0.62	r	71		clustered broomrape	Orobanche fasciculata	1 / 1	15
0.62	r	72		woolly mountain-parsley	Oreonana vestita	30 / 5	10
0.64				Switchback right, #4, with a pretty bank of California fuchsia in the middle, elevation ~7010 feet (2135 m).
0.65	l	73		curl-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	15 / 2	46
0.66	l	74		California coffeeberry	Frangula californica	3 / 1	37
0.68	l	75		threadleaf common rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila	4 / 2	30
0.69	l	76		plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	6 / 3	55
0.72	r	77		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	99 / 9	92
0.79				Switchback left, #5, elevation ~7150 feet (2180 m). Sign (gone in 2014): El 71x0. Mile 0.7x. (sb) 5".
0.85				Switchback right, #6. Double-long bench without back with great views to northeast.
0.94	l	78		rock melica	Melica stricta	1 / 1	9
0.92				Switchback left, #7.
0.95	l	79		pine dwarf-mistletoe	Arceuthobium campylopodum	39 / 2	25
0.98				Trail makes a long curve right 90° at ridge
1.00	l	80		zig-zag gayophytum	Gayophytum heterozygum	30 / 2	3
1.02	r	81		clasping-leaved caulanthus	Caulanthus amplexicaulis	15 / 1	8
1.02	r	82		California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	1 / 1	54
1.02				Switchback right, #8, elevation ~7340 feet (2235 m)
1.02				Long curve left at ridge
1.10				Switchback left, #9.
1.13				Trail curves right 90° at ridge.
1.17				Switchback right, #10.
1.21	r	83		white-bark raspberry	Rubus leucodermis	1 / 1	8
1.23				Switchback left, #11. Faint use trail continues straight.
1.29				Switchback right, #12, elevation ~7560 feet (2305 m).
1.33	l	84		snow-plant	Sarcodes sanguinea	4 / 2	57
1.37	l			first pine lousewort, Pedicularis semibarbata, in 2014.
1.37				Trail curves left 90° at ridge.
1.40	l	85		white-veined wintergreen	Pyrola dentata	17 / 3	5
1.44				Switchback left, #13. Faint use trail continues straight.
1.44	l	86		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	99 / 9	56
1.53				Trail curves right 90° at ridge.
1.53	r	87		rock buckwheat	Eriogonum saxatile	99 / 5	31
1.55	l	88		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	99 / 5	75
1.60				Switchback right, #14, elevation ~7760 feet (2365 m); Jct. trail to Lamel Spring. Sign: "Lamel Spring 1/4 mi (left); Mt. Baden-Powell 2 mi (r); Little Jimmy Campground 9 mi (r): Islip Saddle 11 mi (r); Crystal Lake 12 mi (r) 8W05".

				Species at Lamel Spring, in alphabetical order by name
		89		spike bentgrass	Agrostis exarata	V /	24
		90		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	30 / 2	75
		91		scalloped moonwort	Botrychium crenulatum	V / 1	0
		92		golden sedge	Carex aurea	x / 1	1
		93		clustered field sedge	Carex praegracilis	x / 1	13
		94		scented shooting star	Dodecatheon redolens	99 / 1	8
		95		glaucus willowherb	Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum	99 / 1	35
		96		Bigelow's sneezeweed	Helenium bigelovii	99 / 1	5
		97		lemon lily	Lilium parryi	5 / 1	53
		98		*spearmint	Mentha spicata	99 / 1	8
		99		scarlet monkeyflower	Mimulus cardinalis	99 / 1	43
		100		white bog orchid	Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys	1 / 1	15
		101		sparse-flowered bog-orchid	Platanthera sparsiflora	V / 1	0
		102		Kentucky blue grass	Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis	1 / 1	37
		103		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	15 / 4	59
		104		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	1 / 1	71
		105		interior rose	Rosa woodsii ssp. gratissima	40 / 1	8
		106		blue-eyed grass	Sisyrinchium bellum	V / 1	32

1.60				Continuation on Baden-Powell Trail
1.64	r	107		spineless horsebrush	Tetradymia canescens	14 / 1	18
1.65	r	108		pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	1 / 1	55
1.65				Trail curves 90° left as it crosses a ridge.
1.67	r			Jct. short use trail leading to a makeshift table and cooking ring.
1.77	l	109		broad-seeded rock-cress	Boechera platysperma	43 / 3	11
1.78	r			First pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea, on main trail
1.80				Switchback left, #15. Sign: "El. 7903 Mi. 2.02 (sb) 15" (2409 m)
1.89				Trail curves 90° right as it crosses a ridge.
1.93				Lodgepole pine with bear claw marks.
1.95				Switchback right, #16, elevation ~8010 feet (2440 m); Sign: “Mile 2”
2.09				Trail enters an area whose overall slope is gentler.
2.18				"U"-shaped switchback left, #17.
2.30				Trail curves right 90° as it crosses a ridge.
2.32	l	110		San Bernardino beardtongue	Penstemon caesius	11 / 2	10
2.36	r	111		pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	40 / 3	40
2.38				Switchback right, #18. Sign (gone in 2014): "El 8240 Mi 2.45 (sb) 18" (2512 m).
2.42				Trail bends left as it crosses a broad ridge.
2.61				Switchback left, #19. Sign (gone in 2014): "El. 8440 Mi. 2.68 (sb) 19" (2573 m).
2.81				Trail curves right as it crosses a ridge.
2.81				Switchback right, #20, elevation ~8560 feet (2610 m). Sign (gone in 2014): "El 8660 Mi 2.89 (sb) 20".
2.86	l			Sign: “Mile 3”
2.86				Highest sugar pine
2.87				"U"-shaped switchback left, #21.
2.93				Switchback right, #22.
2.98	l	112		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	99 / 9	36
2.99				Switchback left, #23.
3.06				Switchback right, #24.
3.11				Switchback left, #25, elevation ~8800 feet (2680 m). Sign: "El 9060 Mi. 3.2x (sb) 25".
3.11	r	113		alpine sulfur-flowered buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus	99 / 5	7
3.15				Switchback right, #26.
3.15				Highest Jeffrey pine on north slope of Baden-Powell (they are at the top and south side, too)
3.19				Switchback left, #27.
3.22				Switchback right, #28.
3.24				Switchback left, #29.
3.27				Switchback right, #30. Great views now of Devils Punchbowl area and Mojave Desert.
3.28				Highest white fir.
3.32				Switchback left, #31.
3.37				Switchback right, #32, elevation ~9000 feet (2745 m).
3.39				Switchback left, #33.
3.42				Switchback right, #34.
3.44				Switchback left, #35.
				Check for Pyrola picta s.s.
3.49				Switchback right, #36.
3.51	r			Switchback left, #37. Jct. path up ridge at a blank wooden post.
3.54				Switchback right, #38, elevation ~9200 feet (2805 m).
3.57	l	114		showy cycladenia	Cycladenia humilis var. venusta	99 / 1	3
3.57	l	115		gray monardella	Monardella australis ssp. cinerea	99 / 2	3
3.59				Can now see the peak of Mt. Baden-Powell for first time.
		116		bitter root	Lewisia rediviva var. minor	x /	8
3.61	r	117		San Jacinto Mtns. daisy	Erigeron breweri var. jacinteus	40 / 1	12
3.63				Now on top ridge, with great views.
3.66	r			Sign on trunk: "Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis".
3.68				Sign: "Mt. Baden-Powell Jct. Dawson Saddle Jct 2.5 mi (r); Vincent Gap 3.8 mi (l); Windy Gap 5.2 mi (r); Islip Saddle 7.2 mi (r). Sponsor: Angeles Crest 100 mi run. Highest point 9300 feet. Go left to Baden-Powell
3.69	l			Sign: "The 'Wally' Waldron Tree" (a 2,000 year old tree!)
3.74				Switchback left, #39. Lots of onion here.
3.74	r	118		San Gabriel Mtns. sunflower	Hulsea vestita ssp. gabrielensis	V /	4
3.76				Switchback right, #40.
3.77	b	119		southern alpine buckwheat	Eriogonum kennedyi var. alpigenum	99 / 1	5
3.77				Trail curves left 90°.
3.82				Boy Scout Monument and peak register.
3.82				Pole at top of Baden-Powell, elevation 9399 feet (2865 m). Next two species are just beyond the peak:
3.84				green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	/
3.86		120		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	99 / 2	60
3.86		121		mountain spray	Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus	1 / 1	46
3.86				End guide.
				The following two species are fire-followers and will only reappear after the next burn
		122		red-rayed hulsea	Hulsea heterochroma	V /	10
		123		Parish's oxytheca	Acanthoscyphus parishii var. parishii	x /	5

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