The Burkhart Trail goes two miles down beautiful Cooper Canyon from Buckhorn Campground to the top of Little Rock Creek. From there you can go on the 3-mile Rattlesnake Trail to Eagle's Roost on the Angeles Crest Highway, although that trail section is closed now for habitat protection of the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa), or you can go in the other direction 3 miles to Cloudburst Summit, or you can continue on the Burkhart Trail to the Devil's Punchbowl. This is one of the prettiest little canyons in the San Gabriels and is a nice hike almost any time of the year. And as with the last few gallery pages, I have attempted to show what some of these species look like now in the non-blooming season.

Greata's aster
Aster greatae
Asteraceae
[Named for Louis Agustin Greata, 1857-1911]

Threadleaf rubber rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis
Asteraceae

Wright's buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Polygonaceae
[Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]

Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana
Asteraceae
[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]

Rock buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Polygonaceae

Pine drops
Pterospora andromedea
Ericaceae

California sister
Adelpha bredowii

Few-flowered naked buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum
Polygonaceae

Incense-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
Cupressaceae

Tehachapi ragwort
Senecio ionophyllus
Asteraceae