Bloom Reports for the Oregon Cascades
Bruno Meadows

Willamette National Forest

June 23, 2001

Bruno Meadows viewed towards Bachelor Mt...............June 23, 2001. The purple coloration in the middle of the meadow is a large stand of elephant-head lousewort.

Bruno Meadows is found between Bruno Mt. and Bachelor Mt. It may be reached by proceeding along US 22 upstream of Detroit, OR and turning onto Forest Rd. #2234.

Elevation- 2609' ----------N 44*38.937' ----------W 122*00.707' ----------+/- 24'

This was a Native Plant Society of Oregon Hike.

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichitum americanum

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

* White Bog Orchid: Platantherea dilatata

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* American Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus

* Coast Boykinia: Boykinia elata

* Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana ?

* Bog St. John's Wort: Hypericum anagalloides

Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum- Nearing Bloom.

Bunchberry: Cornus canadensis

* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Bluebells: Mertensia species

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Elephant-head Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Alpine Aster: Aster alpigenus ?

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Paul Slichter