blueberry blossom

Vaccinium uliginosum
Shaneinbaw mnt
June 23 2013

Northern Black Currant

Ribes hudsonianum
Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family
June 14 2013
Elfin Creek

June 16, 2014 i found a good patch of Ribes hudsonianum at Stony Creek
Black Currants

being alerted by the fragrance of their leaves when i walked through a patch.

elfin creek, May 30 2017

close to our property, May 30, 2017

 When not in fruit or blooming, Ribes hudsonianum is being distinguished from R. triste and R. glandulosum (this one i do not know it does grow elsewhere in the Yukon)

by the glands (2) on the underside of the leaves and the wooly veins (1)

Northern Gooseberry

May 26 almost blooming

blooming June2 2013

Ribes oxyacathoides  var. oxyacanthoides

Ribes Triste

Northern Red-current

juniperus horizontalis

I think these are the male cones of the Juniperus horizontalis

April 19, 2013

mendenhall subd.hillside

juniperus communis

March 16, 2013
Up on the western sidehill of Kusawa lake.

Cody distinguishes  between two ssp of the Juniperus communis in the Yukon.
I cannot find that distinction elsewhere on the Internet . The Juniper communis an extremely varied species over the world.

I know believe what Cody distinquishes as the Juniperus communis ssp alpina, where he states the glaucous stomatal band is broader then the green margin.  ( which when you look it is) Elswhere on the Internet i can only find that what i am looking at is the Juniperus communis ssp depressa.

added  April 2023 a comment on inat from Bruce:We have supposedly 2 varieties, although they tend to blend here. See Adams 2019 Juniperus of Canada and the United States: Taxonomy, Key and Distribution which discusses var. kelleyi. IN variety kelleyi the white band on the needles is wider, the needles are curved and the fruit is larger than the needles. Most of what I have seen in Yukon is called variety depressa with long straight needles.

comandra

Geocaulon lividum

Santalaceae sandelwood family

Northern Comandra

Timberberry

August 2012

everywhere in the forest around here in Mendenhal subdivision

lividum - ? lead color, pale

also called dogberry, it is edible, but not palatable

June 29, 2016. in the forest here in mendenhall subd. I often see affected plants.

The Geocaulon lividum is a parasitic species, living on the roots of kinnikinnick or asters, that seems possible, see  the kinnikinnick in the picture. Yet upon reading here on the Internet, it links the yellow veins to Pine blister. which needs two hosts to live. As there are no pines around here, this seems implausible to me.