LOWER MT. WILSON TRAIL, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
SPRING 2008 PRE-FIRE PAGE ONE

Photographs by Michael Charters




Little did we know in the early spring of 2008 that our local mountains would soon be overrun by the fast-moving flames of the Sierra Madre fire. The trail that I had grown so familiar with on dozens of hikes became almost unrecognizable. Fortunately I had made several visits during the spring and had documented the flora to a large extent before the fire. An asterisk next to the common name is for a non-native species. And for some pictues of the trail after the fire, see here.


   
Stinging lupine
Lupinus hirsutissimus
Fabaceae


 
Bigelow's spike-moss
Selaginella bigelovii
Selaginellaceae
[Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]		   California bay
Umbellularia californica
Lauraceae
 


 
 
California lace fern
Aspidotis californica
Pteridaceae
 
 
 
 
Wild cucumber
Marah macrocarpa
Cucurbitaceae
Wishbone bush
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
Nyctaginaceae
 
 


   
Chickweed *
Stellaria media
Caryophyllaceae
 
White nightshade
Solanum douglasii
Solanaceae
[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]


 
California sun cup
Eulobus californicus
Onagraceae
 
 
 
Western wallflower
Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum
Brassicaceae


 
California sagebrush
Artemisia californica
Asteraceae		   Two-tone everlasting
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Asteraceae
[Named for Frederic Theodore Bioletti, 1865-1939]
 


 
 
Coffee fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pteridaceae
 
 
 
 
Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Rosaceae
Coast live oak
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia
Fagaceae
 
 


   
Common groundsel *
Senecio vulgaris
Asteraceae
 
Windmill pink *
Silene gallica
Caryophyllaceae


   
Lace-pod
Thysanocarpus laciniatus
Brassicaceae
 
Feltleaf everlasting
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
Asteraceae


 
Hoaryleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus crassifolius var. crassifolius
Rhamnaceae		   Hollyleaf redberry
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Rhamnaceae
 


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INDEX 		CALFLORA.NET PAGE TWO
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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS


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