By Suzi Golodoff
each one species is brought and obviously outlined and is followed through a photo and line drawings. a lot of those vegetation happen throughout a variety of coastal Alaska; others are distinctive to the Aleutians. The creation contains history at the exact geologic historical past, weather, and habitats of the archipelago to totally around out the user’s appreciation of the dramatic atmosphere within which those hardy crops thrive.
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The leaves are large and glabrous, ovate to broadly lanceolate. They are held alternately along the stems, clasping and nearly encircling them. Beneath most leaves is one tiny bell-like, white to pinkish-yellow flower hanging on a short thread-like stem. In late summer, they ripen into elongated, smooth-skinned, bright red fruits, which hang in a row on the stems. Watermelon berry is found widely scattered among ferns and other tall growth, usually in damp meadows and beneath slopes; it seems particular about its habitat.
Shrubs densely matted, often from a central taproot. Primary veins on leaves usually prominently raised. Catkins few-flowered, ½" long, carpels (2–6) hairless when young: See least willow, Salix rotundifolia. D2. Shrubs forming loose mats, usually with long trailing branches buried or embedded in the vegetation mat. Catkins ¾" to 1 ½" long, carpels (6+) with hairs when young: See polar willow, Salix polaris. 43 Willow Family / Salicaceae B1. Branches long and creeping, branches often ascending 4" to 12" tall.
Longspurs, sparrows, wrens, and finches sing from their branches in the spring. In the fall the leaves of some species turn golden yellow and sweet smelling. Winter snows reveal the surrounding tracks of ptarmigan that rely on the buds for food. Stark and beautiful, the dead branches of shrub willows may become wind-gnarled and bleached. “Willow roses” are the leafy flower-like growths at the tips of some branches. They are supernumerary leaves induced by insects and are often found on the Barclay willow (Salix barclayi).