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Flora, Shrubs & Trees of Alaska/Canada - Updated & Reorganized 2022.9.1- Grouped as in "Hulten", with Ref. from Verna & Frank Pratt

The species in each group are collated by the group number, then alphabetically by common name, then scientific name of each species. All the images in this gallery are protected by US copyright Laws. No images may be copied or downloaded without formal written permission from Tom Jesiolowski/Northland Arts Nature Images.
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31. WILD IRIS (Iris setosa) 2014.7.15#095. A pair of Wild Iris. The lower one with 3 normal narrow inner petals and 3 falls. The top one with 4 of the large outer falls. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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31. WILD IRIS (Iris setosa) 2014.7.15#095. A pair of Wild Iris. The lower one with 3 normal narrow inner petals and 3 falls. The top one with 4 of the large outer falls. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

Wild Iris setosa with four falls Kenai Peninsula Alaska wildflowers

  • 31. WILD IRIS (Iris setosa) 2014.7.5#050. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula Alaska.
  • 31. WILD IRIS (Iris setosa) 2014.7.15#025. With 4 falls and three normal inner petals. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula Alaska.
  • 31. WILD IRIS (Iris setosa) 2014.7.15#095. A pair of Wild Iris. The lower one with 3 normal narrow inner petals and 3 falls. The top one with 4 of the large outer falls. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
  • 32. BOG CANDLE ORCHID (Platanthera dilatata) 2014.7.15#081a. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
  • 32. BOG CANDLE ORCHID (Platanthera dilatata) 2014.7.15#084b. Turnagain Pass, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 1999.5.28#23. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. An unusual pale color form, near Glennallen, Alaska. Scanned from old film stock.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 1999.5.28#138. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. King Mountain Campground, South Central, Alaska. Scanned from old film stock.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 1999.5.28#206. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. King Mountain campground, Alaska.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 1999.5.28#209. Also called the Fairy Slipper Orchid. I may never see a group like this again. Shot many years ago in the King Mountain campground. Between poaching and the changes in the spruce, birch forest habitat, their numbers have dwindled in many places where I knew they occurred. Scanned and repaired from old film stock.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 1999.5.28#220. I think this is one of the most beautiful of all north american orchids. Fairly common but in Alaska though I have seen many locations decimated or wiped out. These were shot at King Mountain campground on the Glenn Hwy. This is one of those places where the orchids are dwindling now. Scanned & repaired from old film stock.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 1999.6.16#11. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. A very pale pink form near Glennallen, Alaska. Scanned from old film stock.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 2004.5.17#17. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. Anchorage, Alaska. Scanned from old film stock.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 2008.5.27#0030. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. Nelchina Basin, Alaska.
  • 32. CALYPSO ORCHID (Calypso bulbosa) 2008.5.27#040. Also called Fairy Slipper Orchid. King Mountain campground, South Central, Alaska.
  • 32. DWARF RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN ORCHID (Goodyra repens) 2006.8.10#0041. Kincaid Park, Anchorage Alaska.
  • 32. EARLY CORAL ROOT ORCHID (Corallorhiza trifida) 2010.6.18#098. Near Fish Creek, south of Cantwell, Alaska.
  • 32. EARLY CORAL ROOT ORCHID (Corallorhiza trifida) 2013.6.20#061. A paler yellow green form of the Early Coral Root Orchid. Nelchina basin, Alaska.
  • 32. HEART-LEAVED TWAYBLADE ORCHID (Listera cordata) 2010.8.20#043. Winner Creek, Turnagain Arm, Alaska.
  • 32. HEART-LEAVED TWAYBLADE ORCHID (Listera cordata) 2011.7.15#179. The green flowered form of the Heart-Leaved Twayblade is a less common orchid here in Alaska. This mature plant is only 8 centimeters tall. They are difficult to spot even on the open tundra. Hatcher Pass, Talkeetna Mtn's Alaska.
  • 32. HEART-LEAVED TWAYBLADE ORCHID (Listera cordata)2011.7.17#030. The typical purple flowered Heart Leaved Twayblade. About 12 cm tall. Coastal Hemlock forest, Wiinner Creek, Turnagain Arm, Alaska.
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