saskatoon berries blooming

Amelanchier alnifolia

May 30 2014

on the mountain behind Mendenhall subdivision

the bushes stay small here but bloom prolifically 

Arctous rubra

Arctous rubra
red bearberry
May 10 2014
Moose Skull Lake, Mendenhall subdivision

arctous - northern or land of  bears

 Previously I have called it Arctostaphylos rubra
Kinnikinnik is an arctostaphylos, The Arctous has leaves with winged stalkes, blunt toothed margins, anthers without horns or awns, and juicy rather than mealy berries.

In the Yukon we also have Arctous alpina, A. alpina has hairs on the leaf stems,

and the leaves are smaller, 

and  

Arctous ruba; bare branches

Arctous alpina; persistant old leaves