"I don’t recall seeing anything like this before."
Interesting cysts covering a young choke cherry tree.
Carmichael pointed to a tree that fell across one of the riverside campground spots, taking out a fence. There’s another on the opposite side of the path, branches strewn across an open patch of snow. They’re among the 1,000 high-priority trees the city wants to remove due to safety concerns.
Fireweed observed with flat, curled stem and many buds, indicating fasciation.
"They are extremely fresh-looking, as if it were the springtime."
There is a spruce beetle outbreak in Southcentral Alaska. Since the beetles don't emerge for a few weeks, we might as well start thinking about the problem.
Elodea, a fast-growing leafy plant, is now in a roadside ditch at the marsh, and a response plan is in the works.
In Southcentral Alaska
Yellow Fungus (Phragmidium) on Wild Rose and other Plants
Elodea, an aggressive invasive plant, was discovered this month in the lake used by hundreds of floatplanes, raising fears that it will be spread to multiple sites within flying reach.
Early pussy willows - Anchorage, Alaska, USA
High spruce pollen levels causing eye, respiratory irrigation and nose bleeds.
STERLING, Alaska — Spent today tramping around the boggy depths of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, which is about a three-hour drive south of Anchorage. Berg The group went there to see h…
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