Cottonwood and Balsam Poplar | Geophysical Institute
Oct 23, 2025 · Balsam poplar is the most widespread broadleaf tree in Alaska; it ranges even farther north and west than another close relative, the quaking aspen. Close up, it is easy to …
Northern Tree Habitats | Geophysical Institute
4 days ago · Interior Alaskan forests have only six native tree species: white spruce, black spruce, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, larch (tamarack) and paper birch. Northern Canadian forests …
Calling lost chickadees in far north poplars | Geophysical Institute
Aug 28, 2025 · Balsam poplar is the largest tree species on Alaska's North Slope. Photo by Sara Wilbur A gray-headed chickadee feeds along the Canning River in northern Alaska in 2015. …
Southcentral Alaska: a Natural Experiment in Plant Succession
Apr 18, 1996 · Ager believes they were balsam poplar, a tree often called cottonwood in the Interior. About 9,100 years ago, white and black spruce trees made it to Southcentral. Ager …
Visit to an exotic tree plantation in Alaska | Geophysical Institute
Jun 18, 2021 · The two-acre exotic tree plantation is part of a much-larger “boreal arboretum” on the UAF campus, which mostly consists of native spruce, birch, aspen, poplar and willow …
Beavers slapping tails on far-north waters | Geophysical Institute
Nov 16, 2017 · Signs of the American beaver in Alaska: A cut poplar tree on the upper Tanana River and a dam on Phelan Creek near Isabel Pass in the Alaska Range. Ned Rozell photos.
The American robin returns on time | Geophysical Institute
May 22, 2025 · American robins have returned to northern Alaska. A male is now perched above me in a balsam poplar tree on this bench of well-drained land upon which sits the University of …
Leaves | Geophysical Institute
Sep 11, 2025 · Obviously there is a greater chance of wide variation in the leaves growing from those trees and shrubs such as poplar and highbush cranberry that have indeterminate shoot …
Pollen season arrives, blame the trees | Geophysical Institute
May 7, 2008 · The airborne invaders are grains of tree pollen, specks so small that it would take eight of them to cover the period at the end of this sentence. The air is rich with pollen …
Trees for a Cold Climate | Geophysical Institute
Apr 1, 1993 · The forests contain only a handful of families, white spruce, black spruce, poplar, birch, willow, with the odd tamarack or over-grown alder thicket providing scant variety. Back …