Weed Warriors

The Alaska Native Plant Society organizes volunteer weedpulls through its Weed Warriors program.

Verna Pratt (second from right) and some Weed Warriors on Turnagain Arm, June 2004. We collected a pickup truck load of Tragopogon dubius (Western Salsify), an invasive plant rapidly spreading along Turnagain Arm.

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Alaska Native Plant Society  PO Box 141613  Anchorage, Alaska 99514
Last updated November 10, 2009

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Single Delight, Moneses uniflora, growing with Star moss, Polytrichum sp. Also called Shy maiden, this woodland flower blooms in midsummer in much of Alaska.