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...I asked myself who it could have been named for. The first thing that came to mind was David Douglas, the famous Scottish botanist (1799-1834) that the Douglas Fir was named after. That turned out to be wrong.I knew that Richard Harris had mentioned...
...he found the principal forest trees were hemlock, spruce, and Nootka cypress (Yellow Cedar), with a few pines. As a botanist, he was in heaven.Later he was invited by the Wrangell chiefs and head men of the Stikine tribe for a dinner and entertainment...
...mistmaiden (more formally known as Romanzoffia sitchensis), and it looks enough like a saxifrage (which it is not) to fool a botanist. This trip had the ultimate goal of checking for a dipper nest at a stream that plunges off Mt McGinnis into Mendenhall Lake...
...frond, and nearby we saw several other chewed wood ferns. No other ferns on our walk showed signs of insect damage, but a botanist friend recalled seeing severe damage on a lady fern on Admiralty Island a few years ago. Most ecologists seem to agree that...
...invasive species list ANCHORAGE - A popular ornamental tree is pushing out native species around Anchorage, according to botanists and forest ecologists. The European bird cherry, also called the "May Day tree," has been a popular landscaping option...
Brenda Krauss, a botanist and master gardener, proudly picked pumpkins from her garden with her 6-year-old son, Teddy, downtown on Wednesday. Sound...
...while accompanying road builders, golf course construction contractors, biologists, foresters, environmental engineers, botanists, naturalists, our golf course architect, Bill Robinson, and a number of people simply interested in the project. Although...
...while accompanying road builders, golf course construction contractors, biologists, foresters, environmental engineers, botanists, naturalists, our golf course architect, Bill Robinson, and a number of people simply interested in the project. Although...
...everything in between. Sound off on the important issues at "We get bigger and better every year," said Koren Bosworth, a botanist and the fair's director. "The kids get more sophisticated in their projects, and we had a lot more projects this year...
...Stories, 7-8 p.m., downtown library. Fireside Series presents Esker Trek with Ellen Anderson, a U.S. Forest Service botanist, 7:30-9 p.m., Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. All ages welcome. Details: Dale Campbell, 790-7425. Saturday...