Plant Guide to Baldy Notch to Mt. Baldy Trail This is a working list, about which I make no guarantees at all until I officially release it. Use at your own risk!
Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction This is not yet a real plant guide to the trail, since the plants are not in order along the trail. This is a species list compiled from memory from a single fast-paced hike in thunderstormy weather.
Highlights of This Trail The botanical highlights of this trail are:
Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail
The following histogram gives the number of trails in my database that contain each taxon on this trail. I had 78 trails in my database when this histogram was made; only this trail is in this area of the San Gabriel Mountains, although I have 7 trails in the Mt. Baden-Powell and Blue Ridge Summit area to the north. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among the trails in our database; numbers of "8" or smaller may indicate taxa found only in this area and the area to the north.
Number of Trails
Containing A TaxonNumber Of Taxa
On This Trail% of Taxa
On This Trail1 1 4% 2 1 4% 3 3 11% 4 0 0% 5 4 14% 1-5 9 32% 6-10 9 32% 11-15 6 21% 16-20 4 14% Total Taxa 28 100%
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time 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" 8/14/2004 1 28 0 0 0 0 On 8/14/04, the initial list was made only from memory, so is definitely incomplete.
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide Version for printing, without lines and other text on this page (2 pages)
# Famil Scientific Name Common Name #Pls 1 Cupre Juniperus occidentalis var. australis Sierra juniper 2 2 Pinac Abies concolor white fir 99 3 Pinac Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana lodgepole pine 99 4 Pinac Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine 99 5 Pinac Pinus lambertiana sugar pine 99 6 Apiac Oreonana vestita woolly mountain-parsley 99 7 Apocy Cycladenia humilis var. venusta showy cycladenia 15 8 Aster Agoseris retrorsa spear-leaved mountain dandelion 3 9 Aster Chaenactis santolinoides santolina pincushion 99 10 Aster Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis threadleaf common rabbitbrush 99 11 Aster Crepis nana dwarf hawksbeard 12 Aster Erigeron breweri var. jacinteus San Jacinto Mtns. daisy 20 13 Aster Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum golden yarrow 20 14 Aster Hulsea vestita ssp. gabrielensis San Gabriel Mtns. sunflower 2 15 Brass Arabis platysperma broad-seeded rock-cress 16 Brass Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulis clasping-leaved caulanthus 99 17 Brass Descurainia pinnata western tansy-mustard 3 18 Brass Sisymbrium officinale *hedge mustard 10 19 Caryo Minuartia nuttallii ssp. gracilis Nuttall's sandwort 99 20 Caryo Silene parishii Parish's campion 1 21 Caryo Silene verecunda ssp. platyota white catch-fly 50 22 Erica Arctostaphylos patula green-leaf manzanita 99 23 Erica Pterospora andromedea pinedrops 1 24 Erica Sarcodes sanguinea snow-plant 3 25 Fabac Lotus corniculatus *bird's-foot lotus 10 26 Fagac Chrysolepis sempervirens bush chinquapin 99 27 Gross Ribes cereum var. cereum wax currant 10 28 Gross Ribes montigenum mountain gooseberry 20 29 Gross Ribes roezlii var. roezlii Sierra gooseberry 20 30 Hydro Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx smoothleaf yerba santa 99 31 Hydro Phacelia austromontana southern Sierra phacelia 1 32 Lamia Monardella cinerea gray monardella 99 33 Loasa Mentzelia laevicaulis giant blazing star 10 34 Onagr Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium mountain California-fuchsia 99 35 Oroba Boschniakia strobilacea California groundcone 50 36 Oroba Orobanche fasciculata clustered broom-rape 1 37 Papav Argemone munita prickly poppy 5 38 Polem Leptodactylon pungens granite prickly phlox 99 39 Polyg Eriogonum davidsonii Davidson's buckwheat 10 40 Polyg Eriogonum nudum naked buckwheat 25 41 Polyg Eriogonum saxatile rock buckwheat 99 42 Polyg Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus alpine sulfur-flowered buckwheat 99 43 Polyg Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum Wright's buckwheat 99 44 Portu Calyptridium monospermum pussy paws 99 45 Portu Calyptridium parryi var. parryi Parry's sand cress 99 46 Rhamn Ceanothus cordulatus mountain whitethorn 99 47 Rosac Cercocarpus ledifolius curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 99 48 Rosac Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus mountain spray 99 49 Rosac Prunus virginiana var. demissa western choke-cherry 99 50 Rubia Galium parishii Parish's bedstraw 99 51 Saxif Heuchera abramsii Abrams's alumroot 99 52 Scrop Cordylanthus nevinii Nevin's bird's beak 20 53 Scrop Pedicularis semibarbata pine lousewort 99 54 Scrop Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii Grinnell's beardtongue 99 55 Scrop Penstemon rostriflorus beaked penstemon 99 56 Viola Viola pinetorum ssp. pinetorum pine violet 5 57 Cyper Carex alma sturdy sedge 5 58 Cyper Carex rossii Ross' sedge 40 59 Lilia Allium monticola San Bernardino Mountain onion 30 60 Lilia Calochortus invenustus plain mariposa lily x 61 Poace Bromus tectorum *downy brome 99 62 Poace Elymus elymoides squirreltail 99 63 Poace Elytrigia intermedia ssp. intermedia *intermediate wheatgrass 50 64 Poace Koeleria macrantha June grass 2 65 Poace Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia rush blue grass 5
Comments On Specific Species
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Updated 20 December 2016.