Anza-Borrego Desert: Mile 14.9 Pacific Crest Loop

Rating *****
Length 4.2 mile - 3 Hour (the loop, anticlockwise). Moderate.
Elevation 2430 - 3219 feet
Access Park roadside along the highway at mile 15.

A nice canyon with a wide variety of flowers.

Follow the GPS trail up to the PCT.
Once at the pacific crest trail turn left.

This hike follows washes and goes cross country a couple of times.

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Our plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link.Giant four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora pubescens (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Woolly plantain, Plantago patagonica (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
(Apr/6/2016) 🌎Woolly plantain, Plantago patagonica (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Woolly plantain, Plantago patagonica (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Splendid mariposa lily, Calochortus splendens (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Broom twinberry, Menodora scabra glabrescens (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Woolly plantain, Plantago patagonica (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Western bernardia, Bernardia incana (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Wallace's woolly daisy, Eriophyllum wallacei rubellum (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Wishbone plant, Mirabilis laevis retrorsa (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Cane cholla, Cylindropuntia californica parkeri (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Intermediate larkspur, Delphinium parishii subglobosum (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Wide throated yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus brevipes (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Acton brittlebush, Encelia actonii (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Engelmann's hedgehog, Echinocereus engelmannii (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Broom twinberry, Menodora scabra glabrescens (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Blue dicks, Dichelostemma capitatum capitatum (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Wide throated yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus brevipes (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Desert parsley, Lomatium mohavense (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Desert needlegrass, Stipa speciosa (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Wide throated yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus brevipes (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Fringed spineflower, Chorizanthe fimbriata laciniata (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Desert prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Fremont's monkeyflower, Mimulus fremontii fremontii (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Thistle sage, Salvia carduacea (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Thistle sage, Salvia carduacea (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
(Apr/6/2016) 🌎Wishbone plant, Mirabilis laevis retrorsa (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Desert dudleya, Dudleya saxosa aloides (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Desert globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua rugosa (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Cane cholla, Cylindropuntia californica parkeri (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Engelmann's hedgehog, Echinocereus engelmannii (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
California buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Cane cholla, Cylindropuntia californica parkeri (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
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(Apr/6/2016) 🌎White sage, Salvia apiana (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
(Apr/6/2016) 🌎Mojave yucca, Yucca schidigera (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
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(Apr/6/2016) 🌎PCT (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
(Apr/6/2016) 🌎Golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum confertiflorum (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
(Apr/6/2016) 🌎Desert needlegrass, Stipa speciosa (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Beavertail, Opuntia basilaris basilaris (Apr/6/2016) 🌎 (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
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Parish's goldeneye, Bahiopsis parishii (Apr/6/2016) 🌎 (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Fringed spineflower, Chorizanthe fimbriata laciniata (Apr/6/2016) 🌎 (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Chia, Salvia columbariae (Apr/6/2016) 🌎Thistle sage, Salvia carduacea (Apr/6/2016) 🌎
Sisymbrium altissimum , Tumble mustard (Apr/7/2019) 🌎 (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Lycium cooperi , Cooper's desert thorn (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Yucca schidigera , Mojave yucca (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Cryptantha intermedia , Common cryptantha (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Uropappus lindleyi , Silver puffs (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Salvia columbariae , Chia (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Salvia columbariae , Chia (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Mirabilis laevis retrorsa , Wishbone plant (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Diplacus brevipes , Wide throated yellow monkeyflower (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Phacelia minor , Wild canterbury bells (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Platystemon californicus , Creamcups (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Ferocactus cylindraceus , California barrel cactus (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Pholistoma membranaceum , White fiesta flower (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Rafinesquia neomexicana , Desert chicory (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Phacelia minor , Wild canterbury bells (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Phacelia minor , Wild canterbury bells (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Ericameria linearifolia , Narrow leaf goldenbush (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Ericameria linearifolia , Narrow leaf goldenbush (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Cryptantha intermedia , Common cryptantha (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Thamnosma montana , Turpentine broom (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Lomatium mohavense , Desert parsley (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Thysanocarpus curvipes , Fringe pod (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Mentzelia veatchiana , Veatch's blazing star (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Phacelia affinis , Limestone phacelia (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Ambrosia salsola salsola , Cheesebush (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Lupinus sparsiflorus , Coulter's lupine (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Nama demissa demissa , Purplemat (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Diplacus brevipes , Wide throated yellow monkeyflower (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Diplacus brevipes , Wide throated yellow monkeyflower (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Eriophyllum wallacei rubellum , Wallace's woolly daisy(white) (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Nemacladus longiflorus breviflorus , Short flowered Long flowered Threadplant (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Claytonia parviflora viridis , Green miner's lettuce (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Eriophyllum wallacei rubellum , Wallace's woolly daisy(white) (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Senecio californicus , California groundsel (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Echinocereus engelmannii , Engelmann's hedgehog (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Lasthenia gracilis , Common goldfields (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Dichelostemma capitatum capitatum , Blue dicks (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Diplacus fremontii , Fremont's monkeyflower (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Diplacus fremontii , Fremont's monkeyflower (Apr/7/2019) 🌎
Nemacladus longiflorus breviflorus , Short flowered Long flowered Threadplant (Apr/7/2019) 🌎Adenophyllum porophylloides , San Felipe dogweed (Nov/25/2023) 🌎
Ericameria brachylepis , Boundary goldenbush (Nov/25/2023) 🌎Bahiopsis parishii , Parish's goldeneye (Nov/25/2023) 🌎
Acmispon glaber brevialatus , Shortwing deerweed (Nov/25/2023) 🌎Eriogonum wrightii nodosum , Wright's buckwheat (nodosum) (Nov/25/2023) 🌎
Juniperus californica , California juniper (Nov/25/2023) 🌎Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Nov/25/2023) 🌎
Adenophyllum porophylloides , San Felipe dogweed (Nov/25/2023) 🌎Yucca schidigera , Mojave yucca (Nov/25/2023) 🌎
Date: 2016/4/6
Date: 2019/4/7
Date: 2023/11/25

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