Locally, we have 12 shrub and tree species, and several more when we include the tiny, alpine species growing on Murphy Dome. Overall in Alaska, there are 36 species of willow. As a vital part of ...

these two species occupy the broadest range of any tree species in the world. Why is that so? Quaking aspen can be found from Alaska to Mexico and from Vancouver to Maine (Jones et al. 1985 ...

Diversity abounds, as corals protect these species and many more from predators ... while “forests” of red tree corals that grow to up to 10 feet tall are found off southeast Alaska near Sitka.