Today, fireweed honey, jelly, and syrup are popular in Alaska where this species grows in abundance. Fireweed can be a beautiful addition to the home garden.

It quickly colonizes disturbed areas, including fire scars, logged land, and oil spills. It was one of the first plants to appear after the catastrophic ...

**Purple loosestrife can be commonly confused with Alaska's native Fireweed. To tell them apart, Fireweed typically does not grow in wet or saturated soils ...

Fireweed grows in meadows, woods and along Alaska's Highways. It is a tall plant (2.5-5') with thin, long leaves that grow off a tall central stalk.

26 июл. 2020 г. · The fireweed we know in Alaska — Chamerion angustifolium — proliferates during summer, aggressively erupting in open spaces before cottoning in ...

10 авг. 2020 г. · Fireweed is a beautiful, sturdy, and prolific plant very common to Southcentral and Southeast Alaska. Known for its vibrant purple petals.

25 авг. 2023 г. · The widespread occurrence of fireweed gall isn't helping the low fireweed bloom across Southcentral Alaska this year, but cool weather might be ...

The plant is even edible! In fact, "the fireweed is one of the first plants to form after a forest fire." The Latin angustifolium translates to " ...

Fireweed's honeybee pollinators turn its abundant nectar into honey, popular in Alaska and a big player in the Canadian honey market. In the former Soviet Union ...

Purple-pink flower spikes may be confused with Alaska's native fireweed (Chamerion spp.) but in Alaska purple loosestrife blooms in the fall, well after ...