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1. Poison Oak - Toxicodendron diversilobum
A tall,erect shrub to the immediate south, is Golden Currant. It’s three-lobed simple leaf is in contrast to the three leaflets of poison oak’s compound leaf . Golden currant normally looses its leaves in the dry season before poison oak does.
The large slender trees in the grassy area of the park; with greyish-white, flaking bark, are California Sycamores - Platanus racemosa.

2. Coast Live Oak - Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia
On the opposite side of the trail (west), between numbers one and two, is California Rose - Rosa californica

3. Mugwort - Artemisia douglasiana

4. TRAIL JUNCTION - Stay to the left (east) if you started at South Hills Park.
If proceeding to South Hills Park (to the north), stay on the far right branch of the trail.

Mexican Elderberry - Sambucus mexicana

5. Golden Currant - Ribes aureum var. gracillumum

6. Southern Honeysuckle - Lonicera subspicata var. johnstonii

7. Laural-Leaf Sumac - Malosma laurina

8. Lemonadeberry - Rhus integrifolia

9. Look for annual ground cover in Winter and Spring.
Annuals are plants living but a single year; coming up by seed each year. Common plants here include Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Dwarf Nettle, Bowlesia, Goose Grass (Cleavers), Burr Chervil, Miners’- Lettuce, Fiesta Flower, Common Eucrypta, Blue-Eyed Grass, Ripgut Grass, Rat-Tail Fescue and Pacific Sanicle.

10. Look across small gully to the north-east.
Horizontal layers of limestone are exposed here as well as in many other areas of the South Hills. Layers on the South Hills Motorway near pipe # 14 are nearly vertical and have been sheared off in the process of road construction.

11. Narrow -Leaved Bedstraw - Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

12. Trail Junction - If proceeding to higher numbers, follow the trail fork to the left (east). If proceeding to lower numbers, follow the trail fork to the right (north-to South Hills City Park).

California Walnut - Juglans californica

13. California Buckwheat - Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. foliolosum

14. Look across canyon to the west.
This north-facing slope is covered primarily by the Southern Oak Woodland Plant Community. The predominant trees here are Coast Live Oak and California Walnut. Pure stands of California Walnut have been recognized by many as a sub-community or a separate plant community. However they will eventually be named, groves of California Walnuts are becoming increasingly more scarce as urbanization continues.

The dirt-surface motorway, twenty meters to the north-east, is often an excellent site for spring wildflowers even though the road is usually graded ever year. The following wildflowers can often be found here: Angel Gilia, Lindley’s Annual Lupine (Dove Lupine), Woolly Lotus, Common Fiddleneck, Red Maids, Valley Popcorn Flower and Slender Pectocarya.

Trail Junction - If proceeding to the east (higher numbers), walk across the motorway and continue approximately eighty-five yards to the south on the South Hills Motorway to the East View Trail Head sign- post. Continue east on East-View Trail.

15. *Black Mustard - Brassica nigra

Trail Junction - If traveling to the west (lower numbers), proceed northward (to your right) on the South Hills Motorway for approximately eighty-five yards to the Toyon Trail-Head sign-post. Continue west on the Toyon Trail to the South Hills City Park.

16. Golden-Currant - Ribes aureum var. gracillimum

17. Squaw Bush - Rhus tridentata var. pilosissima

18. Sawtooth Goldenbush - Hazardia squarrosa ssp. grindelioides

19. White Sage - Salvia apiana

20. Wild Cucumber, Big Foot, Chilicothe - Marah macrocarpus
Even in the hot, dry months, the dead leaves of these fast-growing vines can usually be seen covering the vegetation.

Wood Rat nest - Look for others in the area.

21. Redberry - Rhamnus crocea

22. California Sagebrush - Artemisia californica

23. SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAIN VIEW - The high-range peaks visible behind the foreground of the foothills, can be identified when facing number 23 on this pipe, by using degrees on the clock. From left to right, are: Mt. Islip -7,588 feet elevation - at 11 O’clock. It is the first peak on the left (north-west); Mt. Hawkins - 8,850 feet elevation - first peak to the right of Windy Gap (the low point in the visible backrange); Throop Pk. - 9,138 feet elevation; Mt. Burnham - 8,937 feet elevation and Mt. Baden Powel - 9,399 feet elevation. All the above locations occupy the same ridge on the northern skyline. Iron Mt. (notched peak behind Big Dalton Canyon which is in the foreground) - 8,007 feet elevation; Ontario Pk. at 12:00 O’clock - 8,693 feet elevation and Cucamonga Pk. - 8,859 feet elevation. The highest peak in this range is East Mt. Baldy (Mt. San Antonio) at 10,064 feet elevation. Iron Mt. is the western high point on Mt. San Antonio ridge which leads to the west and east peaks of Mt. Baldy. Mt. Baldy is hidden from view by the Johnstone Peak ridge in the north-eastern foothills.

24. Bush Monkey Flower - Mimulus auriantiacus

25. Toyon, Christmas Berry - Heteromeles arbutifolia

26. Poison Oak - Toxicodendron diversilobum

Trail Fork - If proceeding to higher numbers, take the right (east) fork. If proceeding to lower numbers, take the left (south) fork. The unmarked trail loop constitutes the other segment of the East View Trail.

27. Chaparral Broom, Coyote Brush - Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea

28. Disturbed Area - This gentle slope was most likely used for animal grazing or agriculture in the past. Once plowed or overgrazed, land is usually dominated by weedy, often non-native species until conditions are once again favorable for native plants. The following represent many of the naturalized species found here:
Horehound, Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Soft Chess Grass, Red Brome Grass, Ripgut Grass, Slender Wild Oat Grass, Rat-Tail Fescue Grass, Cut-Leaved Geranium, Red-Stem Filaree, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sweet Fennel, Moth Mullein, Turkey-Mullein, Field Mustard, Yellow Star Thistle, Italian Thistle, Curly Dock, Canchalaqua, Mayweed, Fascicled Tarweed and Mediterranean Mustard.

You may pick up additional literature on plants, animals and trails of Glendora Wilderness Park and South Hills Wilderness Area at the Glendora Community Services Department at 116 East Foothill Blvd.
All Glendora city trails are administered by the Glendora Trails Committee under the direction of the Glendora Community Services Commission and Department. Glendora’s miles of trails have been constructed by and are maintained by volunteers.
If you are interested in helping maintain Glendora’s trails, plan to join us on April 12th, 1997 for Glendora’s California Trail Days. All participants will preregister and sign in at the Big Dalton Canyon Campground for a day of trail work, food and activities. For further information on additional trail maintenance opportunities, including “Adopt a Trail” programs, contact Dick Swinney at (818) 963-5668.

Thank you for keeping our trails clean!