what plants are originated in Alaska?
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I am not positive whether you are asking for a list of native plant species (endemics), or whether you are asking a question about plant evolution. If you are just wanting a list of native species, search google on natives and/or endemic plants of Alaska. \n\nAn Alaskan botanist could answer this question much better, but here goes:\nIt is much easier to say whether a plant is native or endemic to Alaska (ie-there before ~17th century), than to determine where it originated (evolved, first appeared in the earth's record). Knowing where a plant originated (evolved) is difficult because many ranges of plants were once different than they are now. So, a species now found only at locality A, could have once have a much wider distribution and occurred at localities B and C as well. On the other hand, large areas of Alaska were covered by glaciers and snow during the Pleistocene (last Ice Ages). So, plants migrated in as the ice receded. \n\nThe plant Primula egaliksensis  species complex is endemic and is only found in Alaska. Here's a websites that includes some discussion of research to determining origin and history of the species development from Pleistocene time. \n http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/institut/personen/person.php?id=24&s=alpine\n\nHere is some information about unique plant communities: from the National Park Service website for Wrangell-St. Elias. \n“The south-facing bluffs along the White, Nabesna, Chitina and Copper Rivers are similar to the steppe found in Yukon-Rivers National Preserve, but not as extensive. Numerous rare and endemic plant species have been found in these communities, which may be refugia. Other plant communities in the park associated with unique landforms and lithologies such as sand dunes, mud volcanoes, volcanic ash, limestone, lakes and wetlands harbor uncommon species and species with disjunct distributions. Alaska-Yukon endemic species are more common in the Alaska Range and northern Wrangell Mountains. This trend corresponds to our understanding of plant migration after the Pleistocene Epoch from refugia in the upper Yukon Valley, the Alaska Range and Beringia, the northern part of the Park being closest to these migration corridors. In addition, there may have been unglaciated refugial areas within the Late Wisconsin ice sheet adjacent to Lake Ahtna in the northwestern region of the park, and in the dry northern interior of the Park bordering the Tanana Valley and the southeastern edge of Beringia. These refugial communities and communities with rare plants and disjuncts may be at the edges of their ranges and may be more sensitive to environmental changes.”\n\nHere’s something from NPS wesbsite for Denali:\nAlaska stands at a floristic crossroads between Asia and North America. During the past two million years, this area has been predominantly associated with the biota of northeastern Asia as opposed to that of North America. This is because the periodic formation of continental ice sheets thousands of feet thick (which covered most of Canada and parts of the northern continental U.S.), has separated Alaska from continental North America on many occasions during this period of time. At the same time, the exposure of the Bering Land Bridge allowed plants and animals a wide dispersal corridor into Alaska from northern Asia. For this reason, many of the plant species of Denali occur in Alaska and northern Asia, but not elsewhere in North America. These plants are known as Beringian endemic species – species that occur only within the large region that was free of ice during the Pleistocene glacial advances.
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The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal clusters of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry parts of North America, Central America, and the West Indies.
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You could say that Alaska is part of the Pacific Coast region, or that Alaska is its own region.  After all, a whole other country, Canada, sits between Alaska and most of the rest of the USA.
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The state of well being I guess.\nI was born and raised in Alaska and it is a place of incredible diversity. I work on the North Slope where the temperatures range from 50 below zero in the winter (it's minus 18 right now) to 80 above in the summer. \nIn Southeast Alaska near Juneau (capitol) there are rain forests. \nI live in Southwest Alaska (Soldotna) near the famous Kenai River where it's common to catch 80 lb. King Salmon every summer. South of my town is a place called Homer where charter boats often catch Halibut in excess of 300 lbs.\nWe have moose the size of Clydesdales in our yard munching on the bushes in the winters and the flowers in the summer. One of the hazards of driving at night where I live is the moose that cross the hiways. You think hitting a deer is bad???\nThe Northern Lights will absolutely stun you and the beauty of Mt. McKinley (second tallest mountain in the world) and the Alaska Range will steal your breath.\nThe Sun shines 24 hours a day in the summer where I work and farms in the Matanuska Valley grow 80 lb cabbages. \nI know some of this might sound unbelievable but google the names of the places I've mentioned. \nAlaska, is an amazing and enchanting land!
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Alaska was purchased for $7.2 million in 1867 ($134 million in 2005 dollars) from Russia.  It has been a wonderful purchase since it has provided so much oil for the USA.  It was not well received when it was purchased.  But in hindsight, it was a great purchase.
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McKinley 6.194 Alaska  North America
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Hi. Alaska was the correct answer. : http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Aleutian%20Islands&gwp=16
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Aleutian Islands they are in Alaska!
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It's high in latitude where plant & vegitation growth are very limited due to cold climate\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra
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The Russians had Alaska by right of conquest, in effect.  They sold it (Seward's Folly) to the U.S., and no one else having a claim, the sale was valid.  The same argument can be raised on virtually any piece of land which has ever been conquered.
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Alaska of course. You should look at a map a little more maybe!
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Yes, there are several. I suggest you talk to your local Department of Fish and Wildlife. We had numerous such programs where I grew up in Alaska. I also suggest that you attend a program like Upward Bound.
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The Gulf of Alaska, is another one.
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http://plants.usda.gov
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I absolutely love Alaska and Hawaii. If I had to choose one it would be Alaska, it is so beautiful and I love the area. But there is something I like about every single state!
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http://plants.usda.gov/index.html
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try webshots.com for pics of alaska