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Alaska Native Plant Society: Home

Alaska Native Plant SocietyThe Alaska Native Plant Society offers a wide range of opportunities for anyone interested in protecting and preserving their native fauna. Their website states that the society was founded in 1982 by a local group of amateur and professional botanists in Anchorage, Alaska. The society has grown in membership and developed programs for schoolchildren and adults--spreading the word on the importance of native species. It has two chapters, one is located in Anchorage the other in Fairbanks. Check out their Facebook page where you can find up-to-date information, images and links to their various activities.

  • Alaska Native Plant Society
  • Alaska Native Plant Society Facebook Page

Society Newsletters

The Alaska Native Plant Society publishes the Borealis every other month from October to May for members only.

  • Borealis

Wild Iris

A field of wild purple iris, Iris setosaCourtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Nancy Heise

A field of wild purple iris, Iris setosa, in bloom on Raspberry Island, Alaska. This hardy iris is considered a wetland plant but can be found in sandy soils too.

Recommended Reading

  • Book CoverWildflowers along the Alaska Highway by Verna E. Pratt.
    Call Number: QK 195 .P735 1991
    Publication Date: 1991
  • Book CoverAlaska's mushrooms : a practical guide by Harriette Parker
    Call Number: QK617 .P26 1994
    Publication Date: 1994
  • Book CoverField guide to Alaskan wildflowers by Verna Pratt
    Call Number: QK 195 .P73 1989
    Publication Date: 1989

Collecting in Alaska

         Robert Stratham Williams

Robert Stratham Williams (1859 -1945) was a native of Minnesota and an enthusiastic naturalist from an early age. He traveled to the Yukon during the gold rush in 1898 and spent most of his time collecting botanical specimens and while there became one of the first botanists to reside in the area. From 1899 to 1932 he was employed at the New York Botanical Garden and was sent on many expeditions throughout the world. He became the American authority on exotic mosses through his collecting, managing of specimens, describing of new species and drawing meticulous illustrations.

  • Yukon Botany
  • Robert Stratham Williams
  • Last Updated: Apr 12, 2018 2:59 PM
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