San Jacinto Mountain Species in Bloom Above 6500 Feet Elevation: 2011

Species in Bloom On Each Trip

Introduction

This page reports the number of species seen in bloom above 6500 feet elevation on each hike at San Jacinto Mountain, along with our best-guess estimate of the total number of plants in bloom for each species.

It is important to note that these numbers were compiled only incidentally to our main botanical goals for each trip. Hence few of the numbers of plants in bloom come from actual counts, since we rarely made a point of actually surveying intently for how many plants of each species were in bloom.

Our procedure was to note each species in bloom when encountered for the first time. Most of the time, near the end of each hike, we make an estimate of how many plants we remembered seeing in bloom for each species. Sometimes, there isn't time to make those estimates during the hike, and they are made a day or two after the hike.

Although we generally end up with a pretty good idea of the number of plants we saw, especially when discussing it with each other at the time, there very well could have been more plants in bloom for some species that we didn't notice. Hence these numbers should in general be treated as minimum numbers of plants in bloom along our hiking routes.

No guessing, extrapolation, or interpolation was used; we only estimated the actual number of plants in bloom that we saw. For example, if our attention was diverted elsewhere at the only location of a species in bloom as we hiked by it, we did not count it as being seen in bloom. For example, in 2011, snow-plant was almost surely in bloom on the route we surveyed on 6/27, since some of the same plants were seen in bloom on that route on 6/22 and 7/1. But since somehow we missed seeing it in bloom that day, no numbers were reported for it in the table below.

I.e., the absence of a number in the table below does not necessarily mean no plants of that species were in bloom.

Number of Species and Plants in Bloom On Each Trip

Three plots are given below:

• The first two plots, Figures 1-2, show what was observed on each trip, the total number of species in bloom and the total number of plants in bloom. The total number of plants in bloom for each individual species is capped at a maximum of 99 plants.

• The next plot, Figure 3, gives the cumulative total numbers from all trips so far this season, of all species seen in bloom. These cumulative total numbers include the number of species on a given trip as well as those from all trips previous to that trip.

In Figures 1 and 3, data from just the Devils Slide Trail from 2006, the severe drought year of 2007, and from 2011 are plotted as well for comparison. Since not every trip in 2011 involved the Devils Slide Trail, the curve for 2011 has fewer points than the curve for 2007.

Note that the Devils Slide curves for 2011 follow the curves for 2007 almost exactly, with the main difference being a slight pause in the decline in the number of species in bloom in 2007, which was probably due to more extensive summer rainfall that year in August.

The plots and the table here must be interpreted cautiously, for at least two reasons:

• First, long hikes will find more plants in bloom than short hikes.

• Second, some areas have a higher species diversity than others, and so will have more species blooming at a given time.

  Figure 1. Number of Species in Bloom on Each Trip

  Figure 2. Number of Plants in Bloom on Each Trip

  Figure 3. Cumulative Number of Species Seen in Bloom From All Trips

  List of Species in Bloom On Each Trip

  Table 4 gives the number of plants observed to be in bloom for each species on each hike, with a maximum value of 99 plants for each species. This maximum value prevents one species from dominating the total plants in bloom, and makes it much easier on me to keep track of the bloom.

  Because the hike locations vary, some species will not be present on every hike, so the lack of an entry for a given hike says nothing about whether that species is blooming elsewhere. For example, the 2011 hikes on 8/2, 8/7 and 8/12 were all in the Fuller Ridge Area, whereas the 7/1, 7/6, 7/11, 7/26, and 8/16 hikes were all in the Devils Slide / Skunk Cabbage Meadow / Reeds Meadow area. A glance at the first ten species in the table below will show some of the differences in those areas.

  The Checklist is sorted first by category, with dicots before monocots, and then by family and scientific name. The Family and Scientific Name are from the 1993 First Edition Jepson Manual. An asterisk before the Common Name indicates a non-native taxon.

  See Plant Family Abbreviations to obtain the full family name from the abbreviations used in the table below.

  Of course, species that bloom later in the year, and species that do not have flowers (ferns, etc.) are not present in this list, so it is not the equivalent of a plant checklist for the higher elevations of San Jacinto Mountain.

  Table 4. List of Species in Bloom On Each Trip

  #	FAM	Scientific Name	Common Name	5/3	5/22	5/25	5/31	6/22	6/27	7/1	7/6	7/11	7/26	8/2	8/7	8/12	8/16	8/29	9/4	9/11	9/16	9/21	9/26	9/30	10/11
  1	PIN	Pinus jeffreyi	Jeffrey pine					1
  2	PIN	Pinus lambertiana	sugar pine									1
  3	API	Angelica tomentosa	woolly angelica											10	10	1
  4	API	Perideridia parishii	Parish's yampah										50				99					1		10	22
  5	API	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	ranger's buttons										10				40			20
  6	AST	Achillea millefolium	yarrow					1	5	5	1	99	99				99							10
  7	AST	Artemisia dracunculus	wild tarragon														70
  8	AST	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	mountain mugwort														50
  9	AST	Aster alpigenus var. andersonii	Anderson's oreastrum-aster										10				10
  10	AST	Aster occidentalis var. occidentalis	western mountain aster																						4
  11	AST	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush												5		3	20	50	10	10	10	5	15	7
  12	AST	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	California thistle												1			1
  13	AST	Cirsium vulgare	*bull thistle															1
  14	AST	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	leafy daisy												10	5
  15	AST	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	golden yarrow					30	50	5	4	5	1	10	10	20		10	1
  16	AST	Gnaphalium californicum	California everlasting												10	10
  17	AST	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale	slender everlasting															20		1
  18	AST	Gnaphalium palustre	western marsh cudweed											10	50	50
  19	AST	Hieracium albiflorum	white hawkweed																	1
  20	AST	Hieracium horridum	prickly hawkweed					1	10	10	10	10	10						5	1	1		1	1
  21	AST	Hulsea heterochroma	red-rayed hulsea															2
  22	AST	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	beautiful hulsea		99	1		10	20						1		1
  23	AST	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	California-aster												20		10	30	20					4	1
  24	AST	Madia minima	dwarf madia		50
  25	AST	Senecio triangularis	arrowhead butterweed																			1
  26	AST	Solidago californica	goldenrod													15	25	50	20	99			50	20
  27	AST	Stephanomeria virgata	twiggy wreath plant															20
  28	BOR	Cryptantha micrantha	purple-root cryptantha	99		99	99								5	20		2
  29	BOR	Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii	prickly cryptantha			10	1
  30	BRA	Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum	pinewoods rock-cress				15			2
  31	BRA	Arabis platysperma	broad-seeded rock-cress					5
  32	BRA	Arabis sparsiflora var. californica	California elegant rock-cress		30
  33	BRA	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	western wallflower			8	2	99	99	50	30	99	30	20	30	5	10		10	5		1	3
  34	BRA	Streptanthus bernardinus	Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower					4		1								3
  35	CAP	Sambucus mexicana	blue elderberry							1	10	30	50		2	1	30
  36	CAP	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	Parish's snowberry					1	5	1	2	25
  37	CAR	Sagina saginoides	pearlwort							20						5
  38	CAR	Silene parishii	Parish's campion							1	1	2	5	10	10	10	10		10		99	1
  39	CAR	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	white catch-fly								2	50	70		50	30	10	2	1	20	5	5	2	1
  40	CHE	Chenopodium atrovirens	forest goosefoot									20	30		5		30	40		10	1
  41	CHE	Chenopodium fremontii	Fremont's goosefoot								1						10	50		5
  42	CRA	Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila	canyon dudleya					3	50
  43	ERI	Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. adamsii	Laguna manzanita	1		1
  44	ERI	Arctostaphylos patula	green-leaf manzanita				30
  45	ERI	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	pink-bracted manzanita	2		10		15	10		2
  46	ERI	Pterospora andromedea	pinedrops											3	5	10			5
  47	ERI	Pyrola picta	white-veined wintergreen													1				5
  48	ERI	Rhododendron occidentale	western azalea						25	50	50	50	50	50		2
  49	ERI	Sarcodes sanguinea	snow-plant				1	5		10	3	2
  50	FAB	Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius	broad-leaved lotus				30	99	1	5	2	5
  51	FAB	Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus	chaparral lotus					4	4	15	10	10	1
  52	FAB	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	Sierra Nevada lotus	5		2	3	50	50	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	30	30		20				3
  53	FAB	Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius	streambank lotus								1	10	20	50	99	99	5	10
  54	FAB	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine	6
  55	FAB	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	mountain grape-soda lupine						3		1	1
  56	FAB	Lupinus hyacinthinus	San Jacinto lupine			1		1	25	40	20	99	99	99	99	40	75	3	5	3
  57	FAB	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	Parish's lupine									1	3	99		10		20		3
  58	FAB	Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei	bigleaf lupine							20		20	20
  59	FAB	Trifolium longipes var. nevadense	mountain clover							20		1					5
  60	FAB	Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum	mountain carpet clover							10		20	99	20			3			1
  61	TRI	Trifolium variegatum	variegated clover												3	5
  62	FAB	Trifolium willdenovii	tomcat clover							20
  63	FAG	Chrysolepis sempervirens	bush chinquapin											2	1	5	1		10
  64	GER	Geranium californicum	California geranium										10
  65	GRO	Ribes cereum var. cereum	wax currant			2	3	5		1
  66	GRO	Ribes nevadense	mountain pink currant			5	20	1	2
  67	GRO	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	Sierra gooseberry			1	5	10	1
  68	HYD	Phacelia austromontana	southern Sierra phacelia				40
  69	HYD	Phacelia mutabilis	changeable phacelia					5	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	30	99		20	5	1	4	5	4
  70	HYD	Phacelia ramosissima var. ramosissima	branching phacelia								2	1	2				2							1
  71	HYP	Hypericum anagalloides	tinker's penny									10	10	20			1			10
  72	LAM	Monardella australis	southern mountain-monardella										99				35		2	5		1	2
  73	LAM	Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora	short-flowered monardella					5	50				2	30	10	10	2
  74	LAM	Salvia pachyphylla	rose sage						1
  75	LAM	Stachys ajugoides var. rigida	rigid hedge-nettle										2	3	5	20	50	99		1
  76	ONA	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	mountain California-fuchsia						1	1	1	2	2	20	10	10	10	50	99	99	50	99	50	99	50
  77	ONA	Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum	willowherb									2	20	10		20		50	1	1
  78	ONA	Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum	glandular willowherb														5
  79	ONA	Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum	glaucus willowherb							1		2	30	30	5	20	10	20		5				1
  80	ONA	Epilobium oregonense	slimstem willowweed										99
  81	ONA	Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum	groundsmoke					10	10	10	10	99	99			10	99		1	10	10	1		10
  82	ONA	Gayophytum oligospermum	pinegrove groundsmoke					50	50	10	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	30	30	99	10	1	5	10
  83	ORO	Boschniakia strobilacea	California groundcone				5	3
  84	PAP	Argemone munita	prickly poppy													1
  85	POL	Allophyllum divaricatum	purple false-gilia					30	99		1	20	20	1		5				3
  86	POL	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	southern mountain woolly-star											30	99	50		20	10
  87	POL	Gilia splendens ssp. splendens	splendid gilia			1	2	3	2	6	5	30	50	10	99	5	4					3
  88	POL	Leptodactylon jaegeri	San Jacinto prickly phlox							1	1	1	4
  89	POL	Leptodactylon pungens	granite prickly phlox					50	50	10	10	5							1
  90	POL	Linanthus ciliatus	whisker-brush			99
  91	POL	Eriogonum apiculatum	San Jacinto buckwheat						5			10	99	99	99	99	99	99	10		50	20
  92	POL	Eriogonum cithariforme	Cithara buckwheat												15	99		10
  93	POL	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	naked buckwheat										1	99	99	99	5	99	99	50	70	70	30	15	4
  94	POL	Eriogonum parishii	Parish's buckwheat												5	99		5
  95	POL	Eriogonum saxatile	rock buckwheat						10	2	1	3	1
  96	POL	Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii	sulphur buckwheat												99	10				1	3
  97	POL	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	Wright's buckwheat																		1	5
  98	POL	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	Wright's buckwheat												10	10	99	99
  99	POL	Polygonum bistortoides	western bistort							20		50	50				3
  100	POL	Polygonum douglasii ssp. douglasii	Douglas' knotweed									2													1
  101	POR	Calyptridium monospermum	pussy paws				99	99	99	50	20	50	30						5	1
  102	POR	Calyptridium parryi var. parryi	Parry's sand cress				99
  103	POR	Montia chamissoi	toad lily							1
  104	PRI	Dodecatheon alpinum	alpine shooting star									10
  105	RAN	Aquilegia formosa	western columbine						5	20	30	50	99	20	3		15	5	2	10			2	1
  106	RAN	Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri	Fendler's meadow-rue									5	1
  107	RHA	Ceanothus cordulatus	mountain whitethorn				10	99	99	50	10	3
  108	RHA	Ceanothus leucodermis	chaparral whitethorn												1
  109	RHA	Rhamnus californica	California coffeeberry					2	5	5	5	1	1
  110	ROS	Horkelia clevelandii	Cleveland's horkelia					5	10	20	30	70	70	30	10	10	20	1	1	30				12
  111	ROS	Ivesia santolinoides	Sierra mousetail						1
  112	ROS	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis	Nevada cinquefoil					30	50	50	50	50	50				5
  113	ROS	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa	sticky cinquefoil	1		4	1	20	50	70	70	70	70	40	20	40		10	2	2
  114	ROS	Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata	slender cinquefoil									10	10
  115	ROS	Prunus emarginata	bitter cherry					99	50
  116	ROS	Rubus parviflorus	thimbleberry						2	5	10	15	10				1
  117	RUB	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	narrowleaf bedstraw						1	5	3	10	10
  118	RUB	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw						99
  119	RUB	Galium parishii	Parish's bedstraw						1	2	2	10	10
  120	RUB	Kelloggia galioides	breakfast bedstraw										13
  121	SCR	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	Martin's paintbrush	4		10	10	50	99	10	15	20	20				5		5	1					1
  122	SCR	Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata	giant red paintbrush								1	4	4	20	99	20	5	10	2	20	5	4	5	9	1
  123	SCR	Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis	lesser paintbrush												2
  124	SCR	Cordylanthus nevinii	Nevin's bird's beak											99	99	99		99		99	3
  125	SCR	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	San Jacinto Mts. keckiella									3	20		20	20	99		50
  126	SCR	Mimulus breweri	Brewer's monkeyflower					99	99	50	99	99	99	50		20								1
  127	SCR	Mimulus cardinalis	scarlet monkeyflower								5	20	50				20			50
  128	SCR	Mimulus floribundus	floriferous monkeyflower					99	99	50	50	50	50	50	99	99	99	10		50			5	30
  129	SCR	Mimulus guttatus	common monkeyflower							99	99	99	99	99	99	99	30	50	30					1	1
  130	SCR	Mimulus moschatus	musk monkeyflower					10	15	15	30	99	99	99	50	99	50	50		4		1
  131	SCR	Mimulus pilosus	false monkeyflower					1	5	20	50	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	1				99	20
  132	SCR	Mimulus primuloides ssp. primuloides	primrose monkeyflower							10		99	99				99
  133	SCR	Mimulus suksdorfii	Suksdorf's monkeyflower					50	99	50	20	1
  134	SCR	Mimulus tilingii	larger mountain monkeyflower					50	50	99	50	70	70	99			99	10	2	20		6	3	3
  135	SCR	Pedicularis semibarbata	pine lousewort			4	50	99	10	2		1
  136	SCR	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	Grinnell's beardtongue					40	80	90	80	80	75	10	5	2	20							1
  137	SCR	Penstemon labrosus	San Gabriel beardtongue						5				20	10	20		35
  138	SCR	Penstemon rostriflorus	beaked penstemon					3	20	50	99	99	99	20	50	50	20	20	10	7	5	1		3
  139	SCR	Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda	California bee plant					2	1	1	1	2	2				2
  140	SCR	Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa	thyme-leaved speedwell						99	1		3
  141	SOL	Nicotiana attenuata	coyote tobacco												99	99	50	50
  142	SOL	Solanum xanti	purple nightshade					1	30
  143	URT	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	stinging nettle															10
  144	VIO	Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum	goosefoot yellow violet			10
  145	VIS	Phoradendron villosum	oak mistletoe																		2
  146	CYP	Carex abrupta	abrupt-beak sedge					10	10	10
  147	CYP	Carex fracta	fragile sheath sedge			15	5	99	99	99	99						1
  148	CYP	Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura	vari-nerved sedge					2	2	5				1
  149	CYP	Carex senta	swamp sedge					50	50	50
  150	CYP	Cyperus squarrosus	bearded flatsedge																					3
  151	IRI	Sisyrinchium bellum	blue-eyed grass						1	1		1	1				1
  152	JUN	Juncus longistylis	long-styled rush								1	5		99	99
  153	JUN	Juncus macrandrus	long-anthered rush										99
  154	JUN	Juncus tiehmii	Tiehm's rush							99
  155	JUN	Luzula comosa	hairy wood rush						20	20	10			1
  156	LIL	Allium campanulatum	dusky onion					10	10
  157	LIL	Allium burlewii	Burlew's onion		99		99	99
  158	LIL	Calochortus invenustus	plain mariposa lily						5		2	30	50
  159	LIL	Lilium parryi	lemon lily									8	99	60	3	1
  160	LIL	Smilacina stellata	little false-solomon's-seal					1		20
  161	LIL	Veratrum californicum var. californicum	California corn lily									1	99
  162	ORC	Corallorhiza maculata	spotted coralroot					10	1	20	10	10
  163	ORC	Platanthera leucostachys	white bog orchid									9
  164	POA	Achnatherum parishii	Parish's needlegrass						50
  165	POA	Agrostis exarata	spike bentgrass											99			20	1
  166	POA	Agrostis idahoensis	Idaho bentgrass										99	99		99	99			10
  167	POA	Agrostis scabra	rough bentgrass												99	99
  168	POA	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	California brome						10	20		50	50
  169	POA	Bromus ciliatus	fringed brome										2				10
  170	POA	Bromus tectorum	*downy brome			99
  171	POA	Deschampsia elongata	slender hairgrass										50	99	99	99						2
  172	POA	Elymus elymoides	squirreltail									99	99				50
  173	POA	Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus	blue wildrye									50	99	20
  174	POA	Elymus trachycaulus	slender wheatgrass									30	30
  175	POA	Glyceria elata	tall mannagrass										99	1		5
  176	POA	Muhlenbergia richardsonis	mat muhly													3
  177	POA	Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula	Fendler's blue grass				5		1
  178	POA	Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis	Kentucky blue grass					20	50	99	50	99	30

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Updated 16 October 2011 ("Allium cratericola" corrected to "Allium burlewii" on 28 November 2017).