An Alaska Native Plant Society self-guided tour of spring wildflowers along the Indianhouse Ridge Trail (Mile 104.5, Seward Hwy), prepared by Phyllis Rogers and LaTanya Odden in partnership with Chugach State Park. Dates: May 14 thru May 21, 2025.
Additional information: Indianhouse Field Guide and Indianhouse General Info prepared by Dennis Ronsse.
The Alaska Native Plant Society offers field guides and checklists for native plants observed along a number of Alaska trails and in backcountry areas. Plant scientific names follow the Flora of Alaska Project’s provisional checklist.
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Family | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cow Parsnip | Heracleum lanatum | Apiaceae |
| 2 | Watermelon Berry | Streptopus amplexifolius | Liliaceae |
| 3 | Baneberry | Actaea rubra | Ranunculaceae |
| 4 | Rattlesnake Root | Prenanthes alata | Asteraceae |
| 5 | Wild Licorice | Osmorhiza depauperata | Apiaceae |
| 6 | Hemlock Parsley | Conioselinum pacificum | Apiaceae |
| 7 | Devil’s Club | Oplopanax horridus | Araliaceae |
| 8 | Oak Fern | Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Cystopteridaceae |
| 9 | High Bush Cranberry | Viburnum edule | Adoxaceae |
| 10 | Red Currant | Ribes triste | Grossulariaceae |
| 11 | Star Flower | Trientalis europa arctica | Primulaceae |
| 12 | Greene Mountain Ash | Sorbus scouplina | Rosaceae |
| 13 | Western Columbine | Aquilegia formosa | Ranunculaceae |
| 14 | Northern Bedstraw | Galium boreale | Rubiaceae |
| 15 | Sweetscented Bedstraw | Galium triflorum | Rubiaceae |
| 16 | Grove Sandwort | Moehringia lateriflora | Caryophyllaceae |
| 17 | Green Alder | Alnus alnobetula | Betulaceae |
| 18 | Sidebells Wintergreen | Orthilia secunda | Ericaceae |
| 19 | Death Camas | Anticlea elegans | Melanthiaceae |
| 20 | Nootka Rose | Rosa nutkana | Rosaceae |
| 21 | False Solomon’s Seal | Maianthemum stellatum | Liliaceae |
| 22 | Wild Raspberry | Rubus idaeus | Rosaceae |
| 23 | Coastal Paintbrush | Castilleja unalaschcensis | Orobanchaceae |
| 24 | Long-bract Frog Orchid | Coeloglossum viride | Orchidaceae |
| 25 | Pussytoes | Antennaria | Asteraceae |
| 26 | Soapberry | Shepherdia canadensis | Eleagnaceae |
| 27 | Tall Cinquefoil | Drymocallis convallaria | Rosaceae |
| 28 | Common Juniper | Juniperus communis | Cupressaceae |
| 29 | Cut-leaf Anemone | Anemone multifida | Ranunculaceae |
| 30 | Wooly Geranium | Geranium erianthum | Geraniaceae |
| 31 | Pink Pyrola | Pyrola asarifolia | Ericaceae |
| 32 | Fireweed | Chamaenerion angustifolium | Onagraceae |
| 33 | Northern Yarrow | Achillea millefolium ssp. Borealis | Asteraceae |
| 34 | Prickly Rose | Rosa acicularis | Rosaceae |
| 35 | Prickly Saxifrage | Saxifraga tricuspidata | Saxifragaceae |
| 36 | Mouse-eared Chickweed | Cerastium arvense subsp. Stictum | Caryophyllaceae |
| 37 | Saskatoon Serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia | Rosaceae |
| 38 | Beautiful Jacob’s Ladder | Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi | Polemoniaceae |
| 39 | Kamchatka Rockcress | Arabidopsis kamchatica | Brassicaceae |
| 40 | Spreadingpod Rockcress | Boechera grahamii | Brassicaceae |
| 41 | Field Oxytrope | Oxytropis varians | Fabaceae |
| 42 | Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Campanulaceae |
| 43 | Coast Mountain or Yellowstone Draba | Draba Spp | Brassicaceae |
| 44 | Tri-floliate Cinquefoils | Potentilla spp | Rosaceae |
| 45 | Rusty Fern | Woodsia ilvensis | Woodsiaceae |
| 46 | Dog Violet | Viola adunca | Violaceae |
| 47 | Northern Jasmine | Androsace septentrionalis | Primulaceae |
| 48 | Kinnikinnik | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Ericaceae |