Anza-Borrego: Plant Guide To Alcoholic Pass Trail

mile	s	#	id	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				The following annuals, given in alphabetical order by scientific name, are within ~100 feet of the trailhead; no "trail side" is given for them:
0.00		1		frost mat	Achyronychia cooperi	10 / 2	9
0.00		2		*Asian mustard	Brassica tournefortii	99 / 9	49
0.00		3		sand cress	Calyptridium monandrum	1 / 1	21
0.00		4		California suncup	Camissonia californica	99 / 9	64
0.00		5		brown-eyed primrose	Camissonia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	99 / 9	26
0.00		6		pale sun-cup	Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida	10 / 2	12
0.00		7		Fremont pincushion	Chaenactis fremontii	99 / 9	14
0.00		8		brittle spineflower	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	99 / 9	32
0.00		9		narrow-leaved cryptantha	Cryptantha angustifolia	99 / 9	21
0.00		10		bearded cryptantha	Cryptantha barbigera	10 / 2	22
0.00		11		purple-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha	20 / 5	21
0.00		12		papillate dodder	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	50 / 9	13
0.00		13		spectacle-pod	Dithyrea californica	10 / 1	9
0.00		14		whispering bells	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	5 / 5	26
0.00		15		small-flowered poppy	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	99 / 9	17
0.00		16		Parish's poppy	Eschscholzia parishii	20 / 5	17
0.00		17		dwarf filago	Filago depressa	10 / 1	3
0.00		18		star gilia	Gilia stellata	50 / 9	13
0.00		19		hairy-podded pepper-grass	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum	30 / 9	33
0.00		20		desert calico	Loeseliastrum matthewsii	30 / 9	5
0.00		21	~	strigose lotus	Lotus strigosus	1 / 1	54
0.00		22		Arizona lupine	Lupinus arizonicus	99 / 9	27
0.00		23		desert dandelion	Malacothrix glabrata	99 / 9	19
0.00		24		desert needle	Palafoxia arida var. arida	5 / 1	26
0.00		25		curvenut combseed	Pectocarya recurvata	99 / 9	13
0.00		26		Emory's rock-daisy	Perityle emoryi	5 / 2	32
0.00		27		little-flowered heliotrope phacelia	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	30 / 9	19
0.00		28		desert plantain	Plantago ovata	99 / 9	35
0.00		29		desert chicory	Rafinesquia neomexicana	40 / 9	28
0.00		30		*Mediterranean schismus	Schismus barbatus	99 / 9	53
0.00				Begin guide at sign "Alcoholic Pass"; elevation 930 feet (283 m).
0.00	r	31		ocotillo	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	99 / 9	53
0.00	l	32		burroweed	Ambrosia dumosa	99 / 9	51
0.00	r	33		Gander's cholla	Opuntia ganderi	99 / 9	43
0.00	r	34		indigo bush	Psorothamnus schottii	40 / 9	47
0.00	r	35		creosote bush	Larrea tridentata	99 / 9	57
0.00	l	36		cheesebush	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	99 / 9	46
0.02	b	37		teddy-bear cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	99 / 9	36
0.02	l			(California fagonia, Fagonia laevis; Bigelow's desert four-o'clock, Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa)
0.02		38		hairy sand-verbena	Abronia villosa var. villosa	1 / 1	10
0.02	r	39		wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora	4 / 2	54
0.02	l	40		desert trumpet	Eriogonum inflatum	3 / 2	40
0.02	r	41		pebble pincushion	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	99 / 9	14
0.02	l	42		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	99 / 9	86
0.03	r	43		narrowleaf ditaxis	Ditaxis lanceolata	30 / 9	36
0.04	r	44		big galleta	Pleuraphis rigida	30 / 9	47
0.04	r	45		brittlebush	Encelia farinosa	99 / 9	56
0.05	r			(beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris)
0.05	r	46		desert lavender	Hyptis emoryi	99 / 9	48
0.05	l	47		small-seeded spurge	Chamaesyce polycarpa	30 / 9	56
0.08	l	48		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	20 / 9	51
0.09	r	49		California fagonia	Fagonia laevis	30 / 9	25
0.12	r	50		Thomas' buckwheat	Eriogonum thomasii	30 / 5	21
0.13	r	51		Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa	20 / 9	32
0.14	r	52		chia	Salvia columbariae	10 / 3	56
0.15	r			(Bigelow's monkeyflower, Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii)
0.16				Leave wash and go onto steep slope
0.17				Switchback right
0.17	r	53		Booth's evening primrose	Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata	3 / 2	26
0.17	r			Check for Chorizanthe rigida
0.18				Switchback left
0.18	r			(Palmer's coldenia, Tiquilia palmeri)
0.27	r	54	?	*knapweed or thistle	Centaurea or Cnicus sp.	1 / 1
0.29	r	55		trailing four o'clock	Allionia incarnata	1 / 1	12
0.29	r	56		Pima rhatany	Krameria erecta+	40 / 9	17
0.45				Elevation 1350 feet (411 m)
0.47	b	57		rock hibiscus	Hibiscus denudatus	4 / 2	29
0.63	b	58		Nevada cryptantha	Cryptantha nevadensis	30 / 5	1
0.64				End steep climb at minor local high point; elevation 1500 feet (457 m)
0.71	r	59		California trixis	Trixis californica var. californica	3 / 3	33
0.71	r			(star-flowered bedstraw, Galium stellatum var. eremicum; San Felipe dogweed, Adenophyllum porophylloides; California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus)
0.76	b	60		sweetbush	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	20 / 9	57
0.77	r			(gravel cryptantha, Cryptantha decipiens)
0.78	r	61		California barrel cactus	Ferocactus cylindraceus+	2 / 2	46
0.79	l	62		bristly langloisia	Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima	10 / 1	4
0.80				Sign in sheet "Summit Register"; elevation 1560 feet (475 m); trail is flat now
0.80	b	63		desert lily	Hesperocallis undulata	5 / 2	15
0.80	l	64	~	yellow tackstem	Calycoseris parryi	1 / 1	2
0.91				Start downhill; view of Clark Valley; elevation 1560 feet (475 m)
0.93	l			(California filago, Filago californica)
0.93	r			(woolly lipfern, Cheilanthes parryi)
0.94	r	65		star-flowered bedstraw	Galium stellatum var. eremicum	2 / 2	21
0.96	r	66		eucrypta	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	20 / 2	7
0.96	r	67		Mojave ragwort	Senecio mohavensis	20 / 9	20
0.96	r	68		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	5 / 1	89
0.96	r	69		*brome fescue	Vulpia bromoides	5 / 1	9
0.96	r	70		Jones' linanthus	Linanthus jonesii	10 / 2	1
0.97	r	71		woolly lipfern	Cheilanthes parryi	20 / 2	32
0.97	r	72		wing-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha pterocarya	10 / 2	9
0.97	r	73		threadstem	Pterostegia drymarioides	20 / 1	50
0.98	r	74		Mormon tea	Ephedra aspera	3 / 1	9
0.99	r	75		gravel cryptantha	Cryptantha decipiens	5 / 1	3
1.00	r	76		San Felipe dogweed	Adenophyllum porophylloides	2 / 2	14
1.00	r	77		jojoba	Simmondsia chinensis	10 / 2	32
1.00	r	78		common phacelia	Phacelia distans	99 / 9	41
1.03	r	79		arrow-leaf	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	3 / 1	28
1.03	b	80		Vasey's sage	Salvia vaseyi	10 / 3	23
1.09	l	81		catclaw	Acacia greggii	50 / 9	51
1.19	l	82		devil's spineflower	Chorizanthe rigida	1 / 1	12
1.22	l	83		Bigelow's monkeyflower	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	20 / 5	13
1.26	l			Some 7' tall Vasey's sage, S. vaseyi
1.31	r	84		Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	Echinocereus engelmannii	3 / 3	27
1.32	r	85	~	desert woolly-star	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	2 / 2	23
1.40		86		smooth western tansy-mustard	Descurainia pinnata ssp. glabra	10 / 2	10
1.41	r	87		smoke tree	Psorothamnus spinosus	20 / 5	24
1.60	r			(fish-hook cactus, Mammillaria dioica)
1.62				Elevation 1400 feet (427 m)
1.90	l	88		white rhatany	Krameria grayi	/	39
2.18	r	89		pencil cholla	Opuntia ramosissima	3 / 1	20
2.42				Elevation 1200 feet (366 m)
2.93	r	90		desert mistletoe	Phoradendron californicum	2 / 2	42
3.30				Elevation 1000 feet (305 m)
3.59				End trail at Rockhouse Canyon Dirt Road; elevation 960 feet (293 m)

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Last update: 26 February 2010.