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Garden in Skagway with domestic delphinium and daylilies.

Frequently Seen Flora

We have LOTS of lovely and interesting flowers in and around Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. We do want you to enjoy them, and we are working on an on-line guide to help you identify them, and to tell you a little more about them. Please check back soon for that! We encourage you to admire, photograph, and tell the plants they're beautiful (they really like that!), but please do not pick or collect plants.

You are allowed to pick edible fruits for your own consumption - but please be careful. Be warned that noshing in the wild can be hazardous, as there are some deadly poisonous plants lurking around!!! These include water hemlock, baneberry and amanita mushrooms. Please look them up and know what they look like before you attempt to collect and consume wild plants.

If you want to explore the Dyea tidal flats, check the tide tables first!
And always remember: BEARS LOVE BERRIES !