Plant Guide to Green Route Trail, Crystal Cove State Park

Mile	s	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Trailhead for "no dogs" route, 0.20 miles east of visitor center; elevation 180 feet (55 m)
0.00	l	1		lemonade berry	Rhus integrifolia	50 / 50	12
0.00	r		ssp	(four-wing saltbush, Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens)
0.00	r			(blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
0.00	l	2		telegraph weed	Heterotheca grandiflora	30 / 30	37
0.00	b	3		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	99 / 99	51
0.00		4		*Russian thistle	Salsola tragus	50 / 50	25
0.00	l	5		*spotted spurge	Chamaesyce maculata	3 / 3	3
0.00				Open gate across road
0.00	r	6		*tocalote	Centaurea melitensis	99 / 99	45
0.00	b	7		coyote bush	Baccharis pilularis	50 / 50	25
0.00	l			Sign: "Authorized vehicles only"
0.00	l	8		*black mustard	Brassica nigra	99 / 99	5
0.01	r			Kiosk with four panels: "Artichoke Thistle; Rodents and Raptors; Undercover Birds; Snakes of Scrubland
0.01	r			Sign: "Rules of the Road ...."
0.01	r			Signpost "1" at conglomerate rock boulder
0.01	r	9		stinking gourd	Cucurbita foetidissima	10 / 10	9
0.01	l	10		coastal goldenbush	Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides	50 / 50	5
0.01	l			(California sagebrush, Artemisia californica)
0.01	r			Sign: "No Name Ridge Trail. West Cut Across 1.3 miles; Park Boundary 2.2 miles; Deer Canyon Campground 3.0 miles"
0.01				Sign: "Rattlesnake Danger; Mountain Lion Danger" (gone 12/14/05)
0.01	r	11		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	20 / 20	52
0.01	l	12		cocklebur	Xanthium strumarium	30 / 30	17
0.02	l			(artichoke thistle, Cynara cardunculus)
0.08	l	13		*artichoke thistle	Cynara cardunculus	40 / 40	4
0.09	l	14		California sagebrush	Artemisia californica	50 / 50	47
0.09	l	15		*curly dock	Rumex crispus	10 / 10	23
0.10	l	16	ssp	southern California morning-glory	Calystegia macrostegia	5 / 5
0.10		17		short-leaved cliff-aster	Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia	99 / 99	12
0.11	l	18		California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	20 / 20	28
0.11	l	19		California encelia	Encelia californica	30 / 30	12
0.11	l	20		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum	50 / 50	51
0.13	l	21		black sage	Salvia mellifera	40 / 40	40
0.15	l	22	sp	needlegrass	Nassella sp	40 / 40
0.15	r	23	?	unk dead ann with a habit like Gutierrezia5050
0.15	r	24	?	unk dead ann like golden eardrops11
0.17	l	25		coast prickly-pear	Opuntia littoralis	5 / 5	7
0.17	l	26		*scarlet pimpernel	Anagallis arvensis	20 / 20	34
0.17	l	27		San Diego wreathplant	Stephanomeria diegensis	99 / 99	24
0.17	l	28	~	*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	20 / 20	54
0.18	r	29		wild-cucumber	Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus	1 / 1	45
0.18	r	30		blue elderberry	Sambucus mexicana	15 / 15	48
0.21	r	31		toyon	Heteromeles arbutifolia	/	44
0.22	r	32	sp	nightshade	Solanum sp.	/
0.22	r	33		climbing milkweed	Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii	5 / 5	5
0.29				Cross drainage and curve right
0.29	l			Signpost "2" at layered rock
0.31				Switchback left.
0.37	l	34		*soft chess	Bromus hordeaceus	20 / 20	40
0.44				Cross a very small drainage and curve right
0.44	l	35		chaparral bush mallow	Malacothamnus fasciculatus	40 / 40	14
0.44				Signpost "3"
0.45	l	36		deerweed	Lotus scoparius var. scoparius	30 / 30	29
0.45	l	37		woolly Indian paintbrush	Castilleja foliolosa	2 / 2	5
0.47				Road curves left
0.47	l	38		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	20 / 20	50
0.56	l	39		horseweed	Conyza canadensis	50 / 50	42
0.57	l	40	sp	Mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	3 / 3
0.57	l	41		lanceleaf dudleya	Dudleya lanceolata	10 / 10	21
0.61				Road curves left
0.61		42		bush monkeyflower	Mimulus aurantiacus	30 / 30	42
0.61	l	43		California everlasting	Gnaphalium californicum	10 / 10	43
0.62	l	44		bicolored everlasting	Gnaphalium bicolor	2 / 2	31
0.63	l	45	sp	baby annual clover2020
0.65	r	46	~	*Italian rye-grass	Lolium multiflorum	10 / 10	19
0.66	l	47		*common cudweed	Gnaphalium luteo-album	10 / 10	18
0.66	l	48		*little horseweed	Conyza bonariensis	2 / 2	19
0.66	l	49		dove weed	Eremocarpus setigerus	10 / 10	26
0.66	l	50		mule fat	Baccharis salicifolia	5 / 5	39
0.66	l	51	~	California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia+	/	52
0.69	r			Y-jct. with shortcut road to Poles Road; stay left
0.70	l	52	ssp	Great Valley gumweed	Grindelia camporum	10 / 10
0.70	l	53	~	goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	10 / 10	13
0.72	r	54	~	sacred datura	Datura wrightii+	10 / 10	18
0.73	l	55		*prickly sow thistle	Sonchus asper ssp. asper	5 / 5	31
0.74	l	56		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	5 / 5	42
0.76	r			white nightshade	Solanum douglasii	50 / 50	16
0.76	r			Jct. Poles Road; go right on it
0.78	l	57		*horehound	Marrubium vulgare	10 / 10	33
0.78	r			(fragrant everlasting, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. beneolens)
0.80	l			Jct. Road; stay right; highest elevation on route, 545 feet (165 m)
0.80		58		western vervain	Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida	/	3
0.82	r			Jct. shortcut road, the other end of road at mile 0.69
0.84	r	59		laurel sumac	Malosma laurina	2 / 2	42
0.86	r			Jct. use trail
0.90	l	60		*tree tobacco	Nicotiana glauca	3 / 3	19
1.15	l		~	(~nettle-leaved goosefoot, ~Chenopodium murale)
1.15	b			Jct. El Moro Canyon Road / Trail; go right on it. You are now near the creek, but will diverge from it for a distance
1.15	l			(poison hemlock, Conium maculatum)
1.19	l	61		*sow thistle	Sonchus oleraceus	10 / 10	42
1.19	l	62		*poison hemlock	Conium maculatum	99 / 99	5
1.21	l	63	~	*nettle-leaved goosefoot	Chenopodium murale	20 / 20	4
1.21	l	64		seaside heliotrope	Heliotropium curassavicum	20 / 20	10
1.21	l	65		*bristly ox-tongue	Picris echioides	2 / 2	12
1.22	l			Jct. Road; continue forward
1.22	r	66		*milk thistle	Silybum marianum	20 / 20	10
1.23		67	~	*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum	/	14
1.24	l	68		California wild rose	Rosa californica	20 / 20	11
1.32	l	69		western ragweed	Ambrosia psilostachya	/	39
1.35	b	70		giant wild-rye	Leymus condensatus	10 / 10	27
1.37				Minor local high point on road; road curves left
1.40	r			(branching phacelia, Phacelia ramosissima)
1.42	l	71	ssp	branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima	99 / 99
1.42		72		virgin's bower	Clematis ligusticifolia	40 / 40	9
1.42	r	73		arroyo willow	Salix lasiolepis	5 / 5	36
1.43	r	74	?	bull or Italian thistle?
1.43	r	75	?	baby stinging nettle or bee plant
1.43		76		Cross side drainage. You are now near the creek again.
1.43	l	77		poison oak	Toxicodendron diversilobum	3 / 3	43
1.44	r	78		climbing bedstraw	Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii	2 / 2	31
1.44	r	79		mugwort	Artemisia douglasiana	10 / 10	28
1.44	r	80		saltgrass	Distichlis spicata	50 / 50	16
1.44		81	ssp	California bee plant	Scrophularia californica	/
1.45	l	82		fuchsia-flowered gooseberry	Ribes speciosum	5 / 5	7
1.46	r	83		*nit grass	Gastridium ventricosum	10 / 10	27
1.50	b	84		*common plantain	Plantago major	10 / 10	9
1.50	b	85		prairie rush	Scirpus maritimus	10 / 10	1
1.50				Cross El Moro Creek for the first time
1.51	b	86	~	*celery	Apium graveolens	10 / 10	4
1.51	r	87		*coast goosefoot	Chenopodium macrospermum var. halophilum	3 / 3	1
1.51	r	88		*rabbits-foot grass	Polypogon monspeliensis	10 / 10	26
1.51	r	89		sneezeweed	Helenium puberulum	5 / 5	1
1.52	r	90		black willow	Salix gooddingii	1 / 1	6
1.55	r		sp	Small pond, probably dug out of creek for water for cattle, with these species: salt marsh fleabane, Pluchea odorata; annual tule, Scirpus cernuus; and Typha sp., possibly the T. latifolia on the CCSP Plant List
1.61	l	91		stinging nettle	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	1 / 1	9
1.62				Small patch of California wild rose
1.66	r	92	~	California goosefoot	Chenopodium californicum	1 / 1	4
1.67	r	93	~	cotton-batting plant	Gnaphalium stramineum	1 / 1	20
1.67	r			*Italian thistle	Carduus pycnocephalus+	10 / 10	21
1.81	l	94		bladderpod	Isomeris arborea	3 / 3	8
1.91	r	95		*Mexican tea	Chenopodium ambrosioides	5 / 5	5
1.91	r	96	~	*white-stemmed filaree	Erodium moschatum	5 / 5	21
2.02	r	97		*purple wild radish	Raphanus sativus	5 / 5	11
2.02	r			(castor bean, Ricinus communis)
				Cross side drainage?
2.12	l	98		*castor bean	Ricinus communis	2 / 2	15
2.12				Large patch of California wild rose
2.14		99		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	/	21
2.16		100		*nasturtium	Tropaeolum majus	/	4
2.16		101		creeping snowberry	Symphoricarpos mollis	/	7
2.16	r	102		*Kaffir Plum	Harpephyllum caffrum	1 / 1	1
2.18	l			Jct. road to "B.F.I."
2.19		103		*coastal wattle	Acacia cyclops	1 / 1	1
2.21				Cross streambed; low point on route, elevation ~35 feet (10 m); road curves right 90°
2.21		104		*giant reed	Arundo donax+	/	8
2.21	r	105		*bermuda grass	Cynodon dactylon	10 / 10	33
2.21	l	106	sp	cattail	Typha sp. (T. latifolia?)	3 / 3
2.21	r		~	(water cress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
2.23	l			Begin mobile home park; plant guide now lists only plants on right
2.23		107		red willow	Salix laevigata	1 / 1	23
2.30	r	108		long-stemmed buckwheat	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	1 / 1	29
2.31	r	109		white everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	10 / 10	37
2.36				End this portion of the mobile home park
2.36	r	110		*sourclover	Melilotus indicus	1 / 1	25
2.37	r			Signpost "14" at shale exposure
2.39	r			Jct. road.
2.45	l			Begin another portion of the mobile home park
2.63				Gate across end of El Moro Canyon Road / Trail; go right to parking lot
2.68	l	111		western sycamore	Platanus racemosa	1 / 1	28
2.69				Parking Lot at Visitor Center

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Updated 18 December 2005.