PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, MILL CREEK SUMMIT TO MT. GLEASON
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013 PAGE FOUR


   
Threadleaf rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila
Asteraceae


 
One-sided bluegrass
Poa secunda ssp. secunda
Poaceae


 
 
 
Interior live oak
Quercus wislizeni
Fagaceae
 
 



   
Cliff sword fern
Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum
Dryopteridaceae



Transverse Range manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. mollis
Ericaceae
San Gabriel manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. gabrielensis
Ericaceae
[These pictures would seem to indicate more of a difference between these taxa than actually exists. They show one twig with a lot of long bristly hairs and another with nothing but short hairs. The problem is that there are individuals that have a few long hairs, so does one long hair or a half-dozen long hairs make it mollis or not? According to the Jepson Manual 2nd Ed., this is the only thing that differentiates these subspecies. But lest you think that the stones are not varied in shape, the picture in the first row of the stones of glandulosa ssp. mollis plants show considerable variety, with some stones being almost smooth and others where the endocarp segments are pronounced. The stones of glandulosa in particular are variably separable, with some stones completely fused into one unit and others coming apart into 1-2(4) segments. The stones of A. glandulosa are the most variable of the San Gabriel species of Arctostaphylos.]


 
 
Coast range melic
Melica imperfecta
Poaceae
Narrow-leaved bedstraw
Galium angustifolium
Rubiaceae
 


   
Twiggy wreathplant
Stephanomeria virgata
Asteraceae
 
Southern tauschia
Tauschia arguta
Apiaceae
 
Sierra gooseberry
Ribes roezlii var. roezlii
Grossulariaceae





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