Beach Pea
Glasswort
Goosetongue
Lovage
Orach
Oysterleaf
GARDENS, LAWNS & DISTURBED SOILS
Chickweed
Clover
Horsetail
Lamb’s Quarter
Nettle
Pineapple Weed
Plantain
Puffball
Wormwood
Yarrow
FORESTS & OPEN WOODS
Spruce
Birch
Cottonwood
Juniper
Devil’s Club
Serviceberry
Currant
Highbush Cranberry
Salmonberry
Fiddlehead Fern
Chiming Bells
Twisted Stalk
Violet
TUNDRA
Cloudberry
Crowberry
Lingonberry
Labrador Tea
MEADOWS
Burnet
Chocolate Lily
Columbine
Cow Parsnip
Elder
Field Mint
Fireweed
Geranium
Goldenrod
Nagoonberry
Raspberry
Rose
Shooting Star
Strawberry
Wild Chive
MARSHES, PONDS, CREEKS & WETLANDS
Bog Cranberry
Sweet Gale
Cattail
Mare’s Tail
Marsh Marigold
Dock & Sorrel
Jewelweed
Monkeyflower
American Veronica
Spring Beauty
Mountain Sorrel
POISONOUS PLANTS
Poison Hemlock
Baneberry
Monkshood
Delphinium
False Hellebore
Death Camas
Arrowgrass
Bog Rosemary
Wild Calla
RECOMMENDED READING & RESOURCES
INTRODUCTION
Over two and a half decades have passed since the original publication of Alaska’s Wild Plants. During that time, interest in wild plants has soared. More enthusiasts than ever flock to plant classes, buy plant books, and head to the wild. The motivation for many is similar to what first stirred me to forage: supplementary and emergency food, and deeper connection to plants and the natural world.
Alaska is an extreme place to live with its short, intense growing season. In the endless summer light, plants gallop from sprout to seed. Though more and more tunnel houses have been erected in Alaskan towns and villages for extending the gardening season, the hardy wild remains a source of nutrient dense plants, combined
