On the way to the Chilkoot Trail near Skagway, Alaska on June 6. I think I can identify a couple of them ...
1 - Fritillaria camschatcensis 2 - Cornus canadensis 3 - Cornus ?sericea 4 - Aruncus dioicus 5 - Viburnum opulus
Viburnum opulus produces distinctly lobed leaves and terminal fruit clusters - it is really quite different from V. edule, yet gets sold in its place by nurseries. This is probably because it is naturalized in parts of North America outside of its native range. In my area you have to hunt for V. edule in the mountains whereas V. opulus can rather often be found growing as a weed within the metropolitan area. Rhododendron ponticum has likewise been on the local market for some time as R. macrophyllum. I talked to the grower who was the source of this mistake, he had taken cuttings from a plant found growing on unoccupied property and figured because it was growing wild it must be the native species.
