This trail was hiked from the trailhead on FS Road 4205. The first third of a mile, one hikes an old road to the beginning of the Baneberry Trail, which is a path through the woods and past small meadows and riparian areas. The trail is a loop with several interpretive signs and benches along the route. The full roundtrip distance from the parking area is about a mile and a quarter.
Weather: Temperatures in the upper 70s with a light breeze.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Comprehensive plant list for Lookout Mountain.
Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa - Near trailhead.
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifoliaQuaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii
* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii
* California Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus
* Slender Woodreed: Cinna latifolia ?
* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (var. elymoides or hordeoides ?)
* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus var. glaucus
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica var. gracilis
* Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora
* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Fading out of bloom.
Roughfruit Fairybells: Prosartes trachycarpa - Past bloom.
* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum
* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi
Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii
* Oregon Campion: Silene oregana
* Goldie's Starwort: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes
* Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum
Baneberry: Actaea rubra
* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra - Fruits developing.
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum
* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma - Beginning to bloom.
Five-stamen Mitrewort: Mitella (pentandra ?) - Past bloom.
Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare
* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre - Fading out of bloom.
Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
* Sharp-toothed Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria
* Montana Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa
* Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata
Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale
* Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Lanzwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii
* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Massive bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana
False Mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)
* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina
* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum
* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fruits forming.
* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.
* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis
* Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii
Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora
Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpinum
* Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla var. virgata
Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha - Fruits forming.
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp.
* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Near the trailhead.
* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis
Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Fading out of bloom.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi
Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata
* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata - Fading out of bloom.
* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis
* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus
Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina
* Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii
* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - In bud.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Ground Squirrel - Calls
Stellers Jays
Hermit Thrush
Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Mountain Chickadee
Pale Swallowtails