“Let us tend to our own garden.” – Voltaire Large, red and shiny. There are no trees native to Alaska with leaves like that. The 8-inch sapling growing on the edge of a rural road not far from Eklutna Lake was a Canada red chokecherry, an introduced exotic plant. I reached down and pulled it out of the gravel. I am not a botanist, but … Continue reading Introduced and invasive plants of Eklutna Valley