This trail was hiked from the Independent Mine (Mother Lode Mine) Trailhead up the direct route via the 808A trail, then onto the 804 Trail to the summit, then returning via the 804 trail to the trailhead. Total distance of this route was 4.9 miles with approximately 930' elevation gain. Additional routes add length and possibility of different habitats if one has more time to explore this mountain.
Weather: Temperatures in the mid 70s in the morning climbing to the mid 80s by the afternoon. The morning saw clear skies with a light wind which made the hike comfortable. The afternoon became cloudier as storm clouds built up over Lookout Mountain.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Horsehair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina
Oregon Cliff Fern: Woodsia (oregana ?) - On an outcrop above the trail where I could not easily get to for positive ID.
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa ?
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Red Alder: Alnus rubra
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii
Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii
Lakeshore Sedge: Carex kelloggii var. kelloggii (C. lenticularis)
Thurber's Needlegrass: Achnatherum (thurberianum ?)
Tall Oatgrass: Arrhenatherum elatius ?
Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus
Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis
* Columbia Brome: Bromus vulgaris ?
* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (var. ellymoides or hordeoides ?)
* Timothy: Phleum pratense
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Big Bluegrass: Poa secunda (ssp. juncifolia ?)
Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica var. gracilis
Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei
* Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Blooming along road near trailhead.
Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora - Fruits forming.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods beginning to release seed.
Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
Wartberry: Prosartes trachycarpa
Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius - Berries forming.
California False Hellebore: Veratrum (californicum var. californicum ?) - Fruits maturing.
Coralroot: Corallorhiza sp. - Past bloom.
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia
* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - Fading out of bloom.
Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. dicrocephalum ?)
* Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare (ssp. depressum ?)
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygalioides var. kelloggii ?
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis
Heart-leaved Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Common Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium fontanum ?
Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana - Past bloom.
Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta
Nuttall's Sandwort: Minuartia nuttallii var. ? -Long past bloom.
Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Pearlwort: Sagina sp.
* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
* Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii - Fading out of bloom.
* Oregon Campion: Silene oregana - Fading out of bloom.
* Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum
Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Berries forming.
* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium (nuttallianum var. nuttallianum ?)
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
Meadowrue: Thalictrum sp.
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum ? - Past bloom.
* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
Tower Rockcress: Arabis glabra
Holboell's Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta ?
Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora (Arabis sparsiflora var. subvillosa, A. holboellii var. pinetorum)
* Sticky Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa - Fading out of bloom.
Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca
Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Going to seed.
Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma
Three-toothed Mitrewort: Mitella trifida
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre
Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius - Plumed fruits maturing.
Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata
Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala
* Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Small Burnet: Poterium sanguisorba
Rocky Mountain Mountain-ash: Sorbus scopulina
Whitney's Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus - Pods releasing from plants.
* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus - Fading out of bloom.
* Burke's Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei ?
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum
* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense
* White Clover: Trifolium repens
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)
Marsh Violet: Viola palustris ?
Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea (ssp. venosa ?)
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum -
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina
* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum (ssp. parviflorum ?)
* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum - A few plants still in bloom where moist.
Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
* Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda
* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)
* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria
Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis
* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima - Fading out of bloom.
* Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii
Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Gilia: Gilia sp.
* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata
* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale - Fading out of bloom.
Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina
Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha
* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia
* Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima
* Applegate's Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. applegatei - Fading out of bloom.
* Scarlet Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
Paintbrush: Castilleja oresbia or C. pilosa var. pilosa - Long past bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus
* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii
* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus
Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus
Penstemon: Penstemon sp.
* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* American Brooklime: Veronica americana
* Hairy Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis
Thymeleaf Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolium var. humifusa
* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor
* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca
* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Fading out of bloom.
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi - Fading out of bloom.
Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula - In bud at the summit of Table Mountain.
* Western Mugwort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata
Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia ? - Past bloom.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Past bloom.
* Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri
* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis
Yellow Desert Fleabane: Erigeron linearis ?
* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus
* Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina
Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora - Past bloom.
* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea
Narrowhead Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii
* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra
* Western Canada Goldenrod: Solidago salebrosa (var. lepida ?)
Woolly goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus ? - Long past bloom, so ID is uncertain.
* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum (var. parryi ?)
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
* Oyster Plant: Tragopogon dubius
Elk - tracks
Chipmunks
Red Squirrels
Northern Harrier ? - White patch on rump. Soaring high above forest.
Kestrel
Red-tailed Hawks
Turkey Vultures
Ravens
Stellers Jays
Grouse
Northern Flicker
Mountain Bluebirds
MacGillivray's Warbler
Brewer's Sparrows
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Golden-crowned Kinglets
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Rock Wren
Winter Wren
Fritillarys
Pine Whites
Wood Nymphs
Sulfurs
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