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Index - Small Walks and Gardens - Flowers, Trees, Lichens and Seasons

Alaska Journal - Index to Hikes, Drives and Views
Drive to Portage Lake and Whittier
Portage Lake, Alaska
Portage Lake, Alaska
Portage Glacier, Alaska
Whittier Harbor, Alaska
Whittier Harbor, Alaska
Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, Whittier 
Climbing The Butte
Matanuska Lake Slide Show
Matanuska Lake - slide show (1)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (2)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (3)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (4)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (5)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (6)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (7)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (8)
Matanuska Lake - slide show  (9)
Matanuska Lake - slide show (10)
Cross-Country Skiing - Crevasse Moraine
Cross-Country Skiing (1)
Cross-Country Skiing (2)
Cross-Country Skiing (3)
Cross-Country Skiing (4)
Cross-Country Skiing (5)
Cross-Country Skiing (6)
 
Winter Trees
Alder
Aspen
Birch
Cottonwood
Willow
 
Matanuska Valley Forests, Seasons and Environment
Hike to Thunderbird Falls, Chugach Mountains, Alaska
Matanuska Valley from the Talkeetna Mountains
Matanuska Glacier
Tall Bluebells
Equisetum
Cirrus Clouds
Thunderheads
Cow Parsnip
Fireweed
 
Autumn in Southcentral Alaska
Canada Geese, Sandhill Cranes, Swans and Other Migratory Birds Stopover in the Matanuska Valley - Alaska
 
Alaska - Night Sky
Hardy Perennials for the Alaska Garden
Fairy Slipper
Iris
Shooting Star and Artemesia
Aster
Pasque Flower
Pulsatilla or Pasque Flower
Pasque Flower
Myosotis sp. - Forget-Me-not. The Alaska State Flower
Creeping Thyme
Veronica Incana
Hardy Flowers and Plants - Dianthus
Hardy Flowers - Silene maritima
Red Osier Dogwood
White Violet
Dwarf Fireweed
Snow-In-Summer and Clematis
White Potentilla
Verbascum and Potentilla
Tweedii
Day Lily
Mountain Buttercup
Cranesbill and Trollius
Arabis
Iris Humilis
Pasque Flower and Anemone Seed Heads with yellow Day Lilies in Background
Artemesia and flowers going to seed
Day Lily, Potentilla
Siberian Iris
Phlox
Myosotis (forget me not)
Columbine
Snow in Summer and Dwarf Fireweed
 
Wildflowers in Southcentral Alaska
Anemone
Anemone
Cow Parsnip
Chocolate Lily
Dwarf Fireweed
Yellow Paintbrush
Mourning Cloak Butterfly on Rose Tree of China Blossom
Baneberry
Campanula (Blue Bells of Scotland)
Mertensia (Chiming Bells)
Columbine
Dwarf Dogwood
Fairy Slipper
Cranesbill
Iris
Polemonium
Wintergreen
Larkspur
Lily of the Valley
Lupine
Dwarf Fireweed
Northern Red Currant
Northern Yellow Oxytrope
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Prickly Rose
Service Berry, Amelanchier
Starflower
Trollius
Twin Flower
White Lady's Slipper
Wintergreen (flowering)
 
Common Lichens Found in Alaska
Lobaria
Cladonia
Monks Hood
Usnea
Lichen Covered Boulders in Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
The Lichens and Fungi Information Sheet
 
   Hatcher Pass and the Talkeetna Mountains
Hikes and Wildflowers Near Hatcher Pass, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
June 18th - 3500 foot level, Talkeetna Mountains
The sedum Roseroot blooms June 18th at 3500 feet in Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
June 18th - 3500 feet in Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska - View of Hatcher Pass
Western Buttercup is just blooming on June 18 at 3500 feet in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
June 18th  - 3500 feet in Talkeetna Mountains - False Hellebore
June 18th - 3500 feet in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska - Alpine Flowers including the Alaska Violet
The Windflower (Anemone) blooms June 18th at 3500 feet in Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
 
Gold Cord Lake, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska - June 24, 2000
The ice begins to melt from Gold Cord Lake on June 24, 2000
Gold Cord Lake, June 24, 2000
View of Independence Bowl from Gold Cord Lake
Gold Cord Lake, Talkeetna Mountains, is surrounded by rugged alpine peaks
 
Talkeetna Mountains Autumn Colors
Mountain View Looking East from Hatcher Pass
Waterfall at Summit Lake, Hatcher Pass in Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
Falling Water Through Natural Jumble of Lichen and Moss Covered Rocks
Fall Day at Summit Lake, Hatcher Pass, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska - Alpine Plants and Fall Colors
Autumn Colors and Termination Dust at Summit Lake
Alpine Plants Paint Texture and Color to Higher Elevations in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska
 
Hike to Reed Lakes, Talkeetna Mountains near Palmer, Alaska
Hiking to Reed Lakes (1)
Hiking to Reed Lakes (2)
Hiking to Reed Lakes (3)
Hiking to Reed Lakes (4)
Hiking to Reed Lakes (5)
Hiking to Reed Lakes (6)
 
Winter Winds
Matanuska Glacier
Wind Blown Silt in Winter
Wind Sculpted Snow
Wind Blown Silt in Winter (2)
Snow Flagging from Peaks - Chugach Mountains

2003 Botanicals