NATIVE PLANTS OF ALASKA

BLUEBERRY/VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM

• Height- 5-16 millimeters
• White flowers in clusters
• Grown in humid,northern climates that have winter chills.
• Squirrels, mice, rabbits, foxes, brown bears, and black bears eat blueberries.
• Uses- food-juices, jelly, jam, pies, muffins, cereals
• Adaptations-Can survive a even after a fire

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YARROW/ARCHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM

• Height- 1-3ft
• White flowers in clusters, leaves serrated
• Grown in dry, sandy areas
• Moose, caribou, and bees eat yarrow
• Uses-clotting blood, acne, and teas
• Adapted to survive in dry, sandy areas

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FIREWEED/CHAMAENERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM

• Height- 0.5-2.5 meters
• Dry, forestry areas
• Humans and bees eat fireweed
• Uses-candies, syrup, jellies, ice cream, and tea
• Adaptations- have silky tufts to reproduce

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SALMONBERRY/RUBUS SPECTABILIS

• Height 1-4 meters
• Red flowers
• Moist, forests
• Bears, magpies, and squirrels eat salmon berries
• Uses- Jam, candy, and Jelly
• Adaptations live in moist areas

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CRANBERRY/VACCINIUM MACROCARPON

• 5-20 centimeters
• Red flowers in clusters
• Live in moist tundra
• Brown bears, black bears, humans, birds eat cranberries
• Uses- sauce, juice, and jam
• Adapted to live in moist areas.

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LABRADOR TEA/RHODODENDRON FOMENTOSUM

• Grows up to 50cm
• White flowers in clusters
• Grows in moist environments
• Rabbits and small rodents eat Labrador tea
• Uses-medicine, brewing beer, and bug repellent
• Adapted to live in moist environments

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HORSETAIL/EQUISETUM ARVENSE

• 10-90cm tall
• Pointy green leaves and pine cone looking ends
• Grow in moist soils
• I could not find what eats horsetail
• Uses- medicine, polishing wood, strengthening fingernails, and removing resin build up.
• Adapted by reproducing through spores

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DEVILS CLUB/DEVILS WALKING STICK/ECHINOPANAX HORRIDUM

• 3-5 feet tall
• Red drupes in clusters
• Grow in moist, dense, forests
• Nothing eats devils club
• Uses- Can make face paint, traditional medicines, poisoning your enemies
• Adaptations-Poison

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WILD IRIS/IRIS SETOS

• 10cm-3ft
• Purple flowers
• Grow in dry areas
• Bees eat Iris nectar
• Uses-Roots can be used for nets and catching animals. The fresh roots are toxic so you can poison your enemies
• Adapted to dry areas

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NOOTKA LUPINE/LUPINUS NOOTKATENSIS

• Height- up to 60cm
• Blue and purple flowers
• Grow in meadows, gravel bars, and roadsides
• Bears and Bees eat Lupine it has poison so most animals don’t eat it
• Uses-poisoning your enemies
• Adaptations-Poison to hurt anything that eats it

TOXICITY

• The seeds of the lupine are what holds the poison, the poison isn’t harmful to humans but internal use is not advised.

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• Kingdom-Plantae
• Clade-Angiosperms
• Clade-Eudicots
• Clade-Rosids
• Order-Fabales
• Family-Fabaceae
• Genus-Lupinus