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 the Baneberry Trail #812.
Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis - Leafing out.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa - Near trailhead.
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa - In bud.
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora - Leaves.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - In bud.
Claspleaf Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius
California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum
Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid: Goodyera oblongifolia
* Heartleaf Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis - In bud.
Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum
Baneberry: Actaea rubra - In bud.
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
* Slender Draba: Draba stenoloba
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera
Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma
Pacific Mitrewort: Mitella trifida
Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare
Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale
Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa
Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina
* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Beginning to bloom.
Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale
* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
* Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
* Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora
Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla var. virgata
Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha - In bud.
* Longbells Lungwort: Mertensia longiflora
Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - In bud.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Stellers Jays
Hermit Thrush