This page archives lists of species in bloom by trail observed in 2006. This list is in chronological order, opposite of the reverse chronological order given in the Current Blooms page. Consult that page for the latest lists.
Plants in bloom by trail in order along route (for translation to scientific names, see Flora of the Trails of the SRPER):
- Vernal Pool Trail to boardwalk, 26 February 2006: shortpod mustard, purple needlegrass, blue-eyed grass, short-fruited filaree, redstem filaree, buttercup
- Vernal Pool Trail past boardwalk, 26 February 2006: smooth cat's ear, engelmann oak, wild oats, peppergrass in seed, wild cucumber, two-tone everlasting, white-flowering currant, california everlasting, eastwood manzanita, cotton-batting plant.
- Adobe Loop Trail, 26 February 2006: bur clover, mustard, buttercup, shooting star, purple nightshade.
- Punta Mesa Trail, 26 February 2006: two-tone everlasting, hoaryleaf ceanothus, short-wing deerweed, california buckwheat, bush monkeyflower, black sage, california everlasting, cotton-batting plant, wild honeysuckle, climbing bedstraw, shortpod mustard, oxalis, mule fat, arroyo willow, bush lupine, california poppy.
- Other species blooming on Monument Hill Road / S. Trans Preserve Trail, 26 February 2006: johnny-jump-up, ripgut, red maids, fringe-pod.
- S. Los Santos Trail, 26 February 2006: Engelmann oak, sow thistle, wild oats, white-flowered currant, milkmaids, oxalis, sweet pea, blue dicks, johnny-jump-up, purple needlegrass, buttercup, wild cucumber, checkerbloom, bush lupine.
- N. Los Santos Trail / N. Hidden Valley Road Loop, 9 March 2006: wild oats, short-fruited filaree, redstem filaree, red brome, foxtail barley, checkerbloom, ripgut, purple needlegrass, soft chess, Italian rye, bur clover, johnny-jump-up, bush lupine, a single California-aster flower, California four o-clock, southern California morning glory, blue dicks, shortpod mustard, goldenrod, coast-range melic, white-flowering currant, annual blue grass, red maids, hedge mustard, clustered field sedge.
- Waterline Road / Vista Grande / Monument Hill Road / N. Lomas / Tenaja Truck Trail Loop, 14 March 2006: scarlet pimpernel, redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, milkmaids, shepherd's purse, shortpod mustard, miner's lettuce, bur clover, johnny-jump-up, purple needlegrass, annual bedstraw, checkerbloom, wild oats, blue-eyed grass, rattail fescue, slender wild oats, soft chess, blue dicks, shooting stars, California everlasting, bush lupine, California four o-clock, sweet pea, telegraph weed, peppergrass, fragrant everlasting, red maids, goldentop, annual bluegrass, foxtail barley, California poppy, wild cucumber, pineapple weed, rusty-haired popcorn flower.
The above list may seem like a lot, but often there was just one plant on each species in bloom. Even the shooting stars were so non-vibrant that they would be easy to miss.
- Granite Loop, 14 March 2006: shortpod mustard, locoweed, Parish's purple nightshade, white-flowering currant, hoaryleaf ceanothus, with just one plant in bloom for each species.
- Waterline Road / Monument Hill Road / Fault Road Loop, 23 March 2006: scarlet pimpernel, rusty-haired popcorn flower, redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, pineapple weed, bur clover, soft chess, red brome, arroyo willow, miner's lettuce, chickweed, common bedstraw, checkerbloom, shortpod mustard, small-flowered fiddleneck, rattail fescue, foxtail barley, annual bluegrass, goldentop, California peony, johnny-jump-up, slender wild oats, ripgut brome, dwarf lupine, red maids, sand spurrey, Crete weed, wild oats, blue-eyed grass, purple sanicle, purple needlegrass, blue dicks, California everlasting, tawny popcorn flower, chocolate lily, California lotus, shooting star, shining peppergrass, Engelmann oak, cheeseweed, shepherd's purse, Pomona locoweed, western buttercup.
- Sylvan Meadows Road / Shivela / Stevenson Canyon / Fenceline Trails, 27 March 2006: soft chess, redstem filaree, johnny jump-up, foxtail barley, small-flowered fiddleneck, shortpod mustard, short-fruited filaree, rattail fescue, goldentop, rusty-haired popcorn flower, checkerbloom, red brome, common fiddleneck, sharp-toothed sanicle, smooth cat's ear, ripgut brome, cut-leaved geranium, prickly sow thistle, California bur clover, pineapple weed, Pomona locoweed, wild oats, London rocket, dwarf lupine, scarlet pimpernel, slender wild oats, purple needlegrass, California everlasting, black sage, bush lupine, California peony, nodding needlegrass, popcorn flower, Mediterranean schismus, common chickweed, poison sanicle, strigose lotus, San Diego birdsfoot lotus, arroyo willow, climbing bedstraw, clustered field sedge, Pacific sanicle, meadow-rue, wild cucumber, bush monkeyflower, white-flowering currant, miner's lettuce, curly dock, San Diego pea, blue-eyed grass, spring vetch, winter vetch.
- Vernal Pool Trail to boardwalk, 31 March 2006: shortpod mustard, short-fruited filaree, foxtail barley, soft chess, purple needlegrass, muilla, ground pink, yellow carpet, common lomatium, checkerbloom, johnny jump-up, sharp-toothed sanicle, blue-eyed grass, redstem filaree, shooting stars, buttercup, vernal pool popcorn flower (list compiled from memory from a hike in the rain).
- Tovashal / Torino Trail Loop, 31 March 2006: popcorn flower (4 species: Cryptantha intermedia, Cryptantha microstachys, Plagiobothrys tenellus, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus); redstem filaree, climbing bedstraw, strigose lotus, common chickweed, soft chess, red brome, Chinese houses, johnny jump-up, common bedstraw, miner's lettuce (all 3 species), mouse-ear chickweed, checkerbloom, common fiddleneck, hoaryleaf ceanothus, California burclover, common groundsel, shepherd's purse, foxtail barley, baby blue eyes, pineapple weed, smooth cat's ear, California peony, sharp-toothed sanicle, slender wild oats, Pomona locoweed, long-fruited filaree, bush monkeyflower.
- Vernal Pool Trail to boardwalk, 6 April 2006: Crete weed, shortpod mustard, short-fruited filaree, wild oats, ripgut brome, redstem filaree, rusty-haired popcorn flower, foxtail barley, soft chess, red brome, rattail fescue, nodding needlegrass, muilla, ground pink, yellow carpet, common lomatium, checkerbloom, johnny jump-up, sharp-toothed sanicle, blue-eyed grass, shining peppergrass, shooting stars, tawny popcorn flower, buttercup, Italian ryegrass.
- Coyote Trail / N. Trans Preserve Trail / Ranch Road / Oak Tree Trail Loop, 6 April 2006: redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, foxtail barley, wild oats, nodding needlegrass, soft chess, ripgut brome, red brome, California burclover, checkerbloom, johnny-jump-up, shooting stars, sharp-toothed sanicle, California plantain, blue-eyed grass, Engelmann oak, common bedstraw, miner's lettuce, common fiddleneck, coast live oak, blue dicks, San Diego pea, smooth cat's ear, whorled dock, scarlet pimpernel, California peony, western buttercup, California oxalis, cut-leaved geranium, henbit, common chickweed, dense sedge, California poppy, white-flowering currant, pygmy-weed, California everlasting, goldentop, bush lupine, Pomona locoweed, hairy rattail fescue, red maids, pineapple weed, Italian rye-grass, knotweed, sand spurrey, shortpod mustard, Crete weed, ripgut brome, sow thistle, clustered field sedge, telegraph weed, prickly sow thistle, winter vetch, rose clover, rusty-haired popcorn flower, arroyo willow, shining willow, slender wild oats, dwarf lupine, windmill pink, coast-range melic, meadow-rue, red willow, milk maids, mouse-ear chickweed.
- Mortero Trail / Sylvan Meadows Road Loop, 12 April 2006: redstem filaree, Crete weed, soft chess, nodding needlegrass, white-stemmed filaree, annual blue grass, short-fruited filaree, pineapple weed, red brome, California burclover, wild oats, rusty-haired popcorn flower, common bedstraw, long-beaked filaree, hairy rattail fescue, smooth cat's ear, foxtail barley, cut-leaved geranium, ripgut brome, checkerbloom, slender wild oats, small-flowered fiddleneck, blue dicks, johnny jump-up, southern miner's lettuce, sharp-toothed sanicle, shooting star, winter vetch, dwarf lupine, shortpod mustard, Pomona locoweed, common fiddleneck, red maids, common lomatium, common chickweed, California popcorn flower, scarlet pimpernel, shepherd's purse, windmill pink, slender combseed, strigose lotus, goldfields, baby blue eyes, Mediterranean schismus, pygmy-weed, goldentop, collar lupine, California peony, everlasting nest-straw, miner's lettuce, popcorn flower, narrow-leaved miner's lettuce, hollyleaf redberry, sand spurrey, California poppy, muilla, clustered field sedge, curly dock, California meadow barley.
- Vernal Pool Trail to boardwalk, 12 April 2006: wild oats, Crete weed, foxtail barley, ripgut brome, soft chess, rusty-haired popcorn flower, blue dicks, muilla, goldfields, red maids, ground pink, short-fruited filaree, California burclover, red brome, owl's-clover, nodding needlegrass, checkerbloom, common lomatium, pygmy-weed, smooth cat's ear, johnny jump-up, blue-eyed grass, sharp-toothed sanicle, yellow carpet, shining peppergrass, shooting star, dwarf lupine, California poppy, western buttercup, hooked popcorn flower, redstem filaree.
- Vernal Pool Trail boardwalk to Adobes, 12 April 2006: purple sanicle, goldentop, coast-range melic, common bedstraw, bicolored everlasting, southern California morning-glory, San Diego pea, climbing bedstraw, Torrey's scrub oak, bush monkeyflower, sugar bush, chocolate lily, sow thistle, cotton-batting plant.
- S. Trans Preserve Trail, 12 April 2006 (only additional species not given above for 12 April 2006): mouse-ear chickweed, fringe-pod, hoary bowlesia, eucrypta, purple needlegrass.
- Wiashal Trail, 17 April 2006, open section of trail from Visitor Center Parking Lot to parking area opposite La Cresta entrance: smooth cat's ear, strigose lotus, redstem filaree, Pomona locoweed, short-fruited filaree, Mediterranean schismus, scarlet pimpernel, slender combseed, pygmy-weed, rattail fescue, soft chess, slender popcorn flower, red brome, triangular-fruit sedge, climbing bedstraw, ground pink, checkerbloom, johnny jump-up, southern miner's lettuce, common bedstraw, common chickweed, ripgut brome, sow thistle, California burclover, shortpod mustard, white-stemmed filaree, mule fat, arroyo willow, San Diego pea, dwarf lupine, angel's gilia, Crete weed, narrow-leaved miner's lettuce, purple owl's clover, common groundsel, long-beaked filaree, common skullcap, foxtail barley, pineapple weed.
closed section of trail from parking area opposite La Cresta entrance to end (done with permission): sharp-toothed sanicle, popcorn flower, everlasting nest-straw, Parish's purple nightshade, bush monkeyflower, black sage, California everlasting, hoaryleaf ceanothus, coast-range melic, Torrey's scrub oak, golden yarrow, sugar bush, Venus looking-glass, Tejon cryptantha, thick-leaved yerba santa, blue dicks, southern California morning-glory, wild-cucumber, bicolored everlasting, narrowleaf bedstraw, California poppy, deerweed, California buckwheat, short-winged deerweed, intermediate sun-cups, California filago, eucrypta, chaparral yucca, chaparral beard-tongue, California four o'clock, wild celery, small-seeded spurge, San Diego sedge, nodding needlegrass, goldentop, telegraph weed, wild oats, common fiddleneck.
- Vernal Pool Trail to boardwalk, 21 April 2006: foxtail barley, wild oats, Crete weed, ripgut brome, short-fruited filaree, scarlet pimpernel, sow thistle, redstem filaree, shortpod mustard, soft chess, rusty-haired popcorn flower, smooth cat's ear, blue dicks, red brome, California burclover, tawny popcorn flower, dwarf lupine, red maids, muilla, purple sanicle, ground pink, goldfields, silver puffs, checkerbloom, owl's-clover, brown microseris, common lomatium, nodding needlegrass, goldentop, angel's gilia, pygmy-weed, bajada lupine, sharp-toothed sanicle, blue-eyed grass, prickly sow thistle, johnny jump-up, Bolander's water-starwort, common spikerush, balloon clover, yellow carpet, shooting star, California poppy, western buttercup, long-beaked filaree, winter vetch, hooked popcorn flower.
- Vernal Pool Trail boardwalk to Adobes, 21 April 2006: cut-leaved geranium, Italian rye-grass, thread-leaved brodiaea, bush lupine, pineapple weed, southern California morning-glory, coast-range melic, caterpillar phacelia, poison oak, California-aster, common bedstraw, San Diego pea, bicolored everlasting, climbing bedstraw, bush monkeyflower, sticky cinquefoil, Torrey's scrub oak, golden yarrow, sugar bush, chocolate lily, California everlasting, cotton-batting plant.
- Adobe Loop Trail, 21 April 2006: redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, wild oats, ripgut brome, purple needlegrass, California burclover, foxtail barley, white-stemmed filaree, soft chess, shortpod mustard, blue-eyed grass, hollyleaf redberry, nodding needlegrass, blue dicks, purple sanicle, western buttercup, checkerbloom, shooting star, slender cottonweed, California lotus, California plantain, sand spurrey, common bedstraw, coast-range melic, dwarf lupine, smooth cat's ear, tiny bedstraw, Parish's purple nightshade, scarlet pimpernel, Pacific sanicle, western lady's mantle, johnny jump-up, Gambel's dwarf milk-vetch, San Diego pea, San Diego birdsfoot lotus, wild-cucumber, poison oak, bush monkeyflower, eucrypta, mouse-ear chickweed, common chickweed, cut-leaved geranium, southern miner's lettuce, climbing bedstraw, hedge mustard, hairy rattail fescue, narrowleaf filago, Pomona locoweed, rusty-haired popcorn flower, strigose lotus, pineapple weed, Chinese houses, California everlasting, California poppy, clustered field sedge.
- S. Lomas Trail, 21 April 2006: ripgut brome, soft chess, foxtail barley, wild oats, short-fruited filaree, common bedstraw, shortpod mustard, red brome, goldentop, California burclover, nodding needlegrass, checkerbloom, blue dicks, johnny jump-up, long-beaked filaree, rattail fescue, annual blue grass, sow thistle, southern California morning-glory, white-flowering currant, prickly sow thistle, southern miner's lettuce, scarlet pimpernel.
- S. Trans Preserve Trail, 21 April 2006 (only additional species not given above for 21 April 2006): fringe-pod, hoary bowlesia, warty spurge, showy plectritis.
- Vernal Pool Trail to S. Los Santos Trail, 30 April 2006: foxtail barley, sow thistle, wild oats, Crete weed, ripgut brome, scarlet pimpernel, redstem filaree, short-fruited filaree, long-beaked filaree, rusty-haired popcorn flower, soft chess, blue dicks, annual blue grass, tawny popcorn flower, muilla, smooth cat's ear, goldfields, checkerbloom, owl's-clover, mouse-ear chickweed, silver puffs, brown microseris, purple needlegrass, red brome, common lomatium, ground pink, California burclover, goldentop, angel's gilia, narrowleaf filago, dwarf lupine, bajada lupine, pygmy-weed, sharp-toothed sanicle, rattail fescue, blue-eyed grass, prickly sow thistle
- S. Los Santos Trail, Vernal Pool Trail to Hidden Valley Spur Road, 30 April 2006: johnny jump-up, common bedstraw, tomcat clover, southern miner's lettuce, common chickweed, fringe-pod, California poppy, western buttercup, dense sedge, cut-leaved geranium, balloon clover, purple sanicle, red maids, California plantain, slender cottonweed, warty spurge, winter vetch, meadow-rue, San Diego pea, Torrey's scrub oak, caterpillar phacelia, California oxalis, coast-range melic, shortpod mustard, white-stemmed filaree, wild-cucumber, bush lupine, popcorn flower, Vasey's prickly-pear, California bee plant, collar lupine, California everlasting, Italian rye-grass, curly dock, Engelmann oak, leafy daisy, spring vetch.
- Hidden Valley Spur Road and Hidden Valley Road, S. Los Santos Trail to S. Trans Preserve Trail, 29 April 2006: sand spurrey, weak blue grass, California meadow barley, common spikerush, windmill pink, clustered field sedge, Bermuda grass, small-flowered fiddleneck.
- S. Trans Preserve Trail, Hidden Valley Road to Vernal Pool Trail, 29 April 2006: milk maids, California sweet-cicely, eucrypta, hoary bowlesia, fiesta flower, showy plectritis.
- Vernal Pool Trail / Ranch Road, S. Trans Preserve Trail to Adobes, 30 April 2006: brass-buttons, thread-leaved brodiaea, narrowleaf bedstraw, sugar bush, black sage, shooting star, sticky cinquefoil, slender vetch, pin-point clover, chocolate lily, cotton-batting plant, California goosefoot.
- Adobe Loop Trail, 30 April 2006: Parish's purple nightshade, golden yarrow, California lotus, climbing bedstraw, long-leaf plantain, Gambel's dwarf milk-vetch, San Diego birdsfoot lotus, western lady's mantle, Pacific sanicle, tiny bedstraw, bush monkeyflower, Pomona locoweed, strigose lotus, Chinese houses, hedge mustard, small-head field clover, California brome, orchard-grass.
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Updated 3 May 2006.