Native plants of Alaska
These 31 plants belong to Alaska. They were here before the gardens were: they know the weather, live on the rain that falls, and feed the insects and birds that grew up alongside them. Plant a few and your yard starts to fit its place.
Berries and small fruit (5)
- Arctic bramble · zones 1–5
- Bog bilberry · zones 1–5
- Cloudberry · zones 1–4
- Lingonberry · zones 2–7
- Serviceberry · zones 4–8
Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (1)
- Rhodiola (golden root) · zones 1–5
Native and wild plants (25)
- Arctic willow · zones 1–6
- Beach strawberry · zones 5–10
- Cattail · zones 3–10
- Common juniper · zones 2–7
- Crowberry · zones 1–6
- Dwarf fireweed (paunnat, river beauty) · zones 1–6
- Fireweed · zones 2–7
- Goldenrod · zones 3–9
- Highbush cranberry (squashberry) · zones 2–6
- Labrador tea · zones 1–5
- Mountain huckleberry · zones 4–8
- Mountain sorrel (qunguliq) · zones 1–6
- Native honeyberry (mountain fly honeysuckle) · zones 2–6
- Nootka rose · zones 3–8
- Paper birch · zones 2–7
- Prickly wild rose · zones 1–6
- Quaking aspen · zones 1–7
- Salal · zones 6–8
- Salmonberry · zones 5–9
- Thimbleberry · zones 3–8
- Western columbine · zones 4–8
- Western red cedar · zones 5–8
- White spruce (spruce tips) · zones 1–5
- Wild strawberry · zones 3–9
- Yarrow (native) · zones 3–9
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General guidance, not professional advice. Conditions vary by yard and year; for local specifics ask your county extension office. Never eat a wild plant you cannot identify with certainty. Traditional uses are shared as history, not medical advice. © 2026 Sean Priest · Irie Orchard. Terms & credits · Privacy · Home