This was mostly a hike for exercise and to take advantage of a day without rain in anticipation of a big storm arriving within 24 hours. The trail to Jones Peak begins at the Bailey Canyon parking area and winds its way steadily uphill 3.5 miles and 2300' with, by my count, 64 switchbacks. An option is to continue a short way uphill beyond Jones Peak to a trail which takes you down to the Mt. Wilson Trail above First Water and thence on to Sierra Madre. Spring has not really begun yet on this trail, but the Ceanothus especially and the wild cucumber were in beautiful bloom. An asterisk next to the common name indicates a non-native species.

Wild cucumber Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus Cucurbitaceae		Bermuda buttercup * Oxalis pes-caprae Oxalidaceae		Western poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Anacardiaceae

Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia Fagaceae
		Mule fat (Male flowers) Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia Asteraceae		Mule fat (Female flowers) Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia Asteraceae

Periwinkle * Vinca major Apocynaceae		Sweet alyssum * Lobularia maritima Brassicaceae

Two-tone everlasting Pseudognaphalium biolettii Asteraceae

California lace fern Aspidotis californica Pteridaceae

		Lanceleaf dudleya Dudleya lanceolata Crassulaceae [Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]		Sugar bush Rhus ovata Anacardiaceae Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia Rosaceae
Bitter cress Cardamine oligosperma Brassicaceae
Common groundsel * Senecio vulgaris Asteraceae

	Hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnaceae
			White sage Salvia apiana Lamiaceae

Hoaryleaf ceanothus Ceanothus crassifolius Rhamnaceae		Southern honeysuckle (Gall) Lonicera subspicata var. denudata Caprifoliaceae [Named for Adam Lonitzer, 1528-1586]		Coffee fern Pellaea andromedifolia Pteridaceae

Red-gland spurge Chamaesyce melanadenia Euphorbiaceae		Redstem filaree * Erodium cicutarium Geraniaceae

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