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  • Alaska.  Close-up of an open unusual four-part cottonwood tree seed capsule most likely from a hybrid between Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) and Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa).  These species often hybridize in Southcentral Alaska.  Typically Balsam Poplar seed capsules have two parts while Black Cottonwood capsules have three. Collected in Portage Valley in August.
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  • Alaska.  Close-up of Balsam Poplar leaves (Populus balsamifera) (Cottonwood) along Turnagain Arm in late September that have mostly turned a deep butter yellow.
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  • USA, Alaska, Portage Valley.  Large yellowish-green accumulation of moss on the north side of a large cottonwood tree (Balsam Poplar) (Populus balsamifera) near Portage Lake in early June.
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  • Alaska.  Close-up of new yellowish-green leaves emerging from the tip of a cottonwood (balsam poplar) branch (Populus balsamifera) in Far North Bicentennial Park in May.
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  • Alaska.  Two small Cottonwood trees (Populus balsamifera) standing together with bright yellow leaves under a clear blue sky in mid-September in Denali National Park after most other fall color has disappeared.  A small White Spruce tree (Picea glauca) is to the left.
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  • Alaska.  Partially grown Great Horned Owl chick (Bubo virginianus) still with fluffy feathers standing on a large cottonwood tree branch not far from its nest near Potter Marsh in June.
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  • Alaska Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) tree on a spring day.
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  • Alaska Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) tree on a spring day.
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  • Alaska Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) tree on a spring day.
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  • Alaska.  Snow-covered Mount McKinley viewed from across the McKinley River in morning sun in late August with bright yellow Cottonwood trees (Populus balsamifera) in the foreground.  Most references list the mountain (also called Denali—Koyukon Athabaskan for "The High One") as 20,320 feet in elevation, the tallest peak in North America, with a greater real vertical rise (18,000 feet) than Mount Everest.
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  • Alaska.  Bright fall color in a grove of Cottonwoods (Populus balsamifera) in Turnagain Pass on a sunny day in September with partly cloudy skies and long fingers of low clouds in the valley.
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  • Alaska.  Snow-covered Mount McKinley viewed from across the McKinley River in morning sun in late August with bright yellow Cottonwood trees (Populus balsamifera) in the foreground.  Most references list the mountain (also called Denali—Koyukon Athabaskan for "The High One") as 20,320 feet in elevation, the tallest peak in North America, with a greater real vertical rise (18,000 feet) than Mount Everest.
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  • Alaska.  Snow-covered Mount McKinley viewed from across the McKinley River in early morning sun in late August with a high layer of cirrus clouds moving over the top and bright yellow Cottonwoods (Populus balsamifera) in the foreground.  Most references list the mountain (also called Denali—Koyukon Athabaskan for "The High One") as 20,320 feet in elevation, the tallest peak in North America, with a greater real vertical rise (18,000 feet) than Mount Everest.
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  • Bright red blossom catkins of a Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera), also known as Balsam Poplar, near Anchorage, Alaska, in May.
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), and Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) mixed with dark green White Spruce (Picea glauca) make a bold display of fall color on a ridge east of Bear Valley with snow-dusted Chugach Mountains in the background on a blue-sky day in September.
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  • Alaska.  The cascading rapids of the Russian River above the falls flanked by bright yellow paper birch (Betula papyrifera) and cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) trees mixed with dark green white spruce (Picea glauca) in late September.
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), and Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) mixed with dark green White Spruce (Picea glauca) make a bold display of fall color on the ridge north of Bear Valley.  Multiple communication towers rise above the trees and Flattop Mountain with new snow is in the background against a bright blue sky in September.
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  • Alaska.  Warm morning light shines down on the yellow colors of autumn leaves of Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera), and Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) along the Russian River just above the salmon weir at the falls in late September.
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  • Alaska.  Close-up of emerging bright green Balsam Poplar leaves (Populus balsamifera) in Portage Valley in May.
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  • Alaska.  A tall Balsam Poplar tree (Populus balsamifera) with bright yellow leaves backlit with the sun shining through the branches with a starburst effct in  Kincaid Park in September.
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  • Alaska.  Late afternoon sunlight spotlights bright yellow and orange autumn color consisting of Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera, Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), and Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) on the hillsides near Sportsman's Landing on the Kenai Peninsula in late September.
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  • Alaska.  A mix of tree species and fall color on the Kenai Peninsula in late September including bright orange Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), yellow Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera), dark bluish-green White Spruce (Picea glauca), and Black spruce (Picea mariana).
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  • Alaska.  Drooping branches of Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) with new yellowish-green leaves and descending catkins in Far North Biecentennial Park in Anchorage in May.
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  • Alaska.  A large cluster of Mica Cap mushrooms (Coprinus micaceus) growing at the base of a tree among a stand of Balsam Poplars (Populus balsamifera) in Portage Valley in September.  Edible but not choice.
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  • Alaska. Bright yellow and orange autumn color of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), and Balsam Poplar (Betula papyrifera) is flanked by White Spruce trees (Picea glauca) looking southeast from the Denali Park road near the park headquarters with Pyramid Mountain in the distance in September.
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  • Wideangle view to the south in Turnagain Pass on the Seward Highway with stand of bright yellow Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera), low fingers of fog, and cloudy sky with blue patches in September.  Emphasis on sky.
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  • Bright light illuminated the early spring crop of Devil's Club near the South Fork of Eagle River, Eagle River, Alaska
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow colors of autumn surround the confluence of the East Fork of Sixmile Creek and Canyon Creek along the Seward Highway near the Hope turnoff in September.  Sixmile Creek flows from this point to the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet presenting Class IV and Class V rapids and is a very popular and challenging whitewater rafting recreation area.
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow colors of autumn surround the confluence of the East Fork of Sixmile Creek and Canyon Creek along the Seward Highway near the Hope turnoff in September.  Sixmile Creek flows from this point to the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet presenting Class IV and Class V rapids and is a very popular and challenging whitewater rafting recreation area.
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow fall colors line the blue-green upper Kenai River in September just upstream of the confluence with the Russian River under blue skies with white puffy clouds and Round Mountain in the background as a drift boat full of fishermen moves slowly by with the current.
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow fall colors line the upper Kenai River just above the confluence with the Russian River under blue skies with white puffy clouds and Round Mountain in the background in September.
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  • Alaska.  View of part of the upper Kenai River with bright yellow fall color along its banks on a very wet day with overcast and low clouds and new snow on the Kenai Mountains in September.
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  • Alaska.  Fall color in Denali Natinal Park.  A mix of yellow and orange Quaking Aspens (Populus tremuloides), Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), and Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) stand out against dark green White Spruce trees (Picea glauca) in September.
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  • Alaska.  A nestbox attached to the side of a large Balsam Poplar tree (Populus balsamifera) near Potter Marsh intended for Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) in May.
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  • Alaska.  Delicate emerging new Balsam Poplar leaves (Populus balsamifera) at the top of a young shoot in May.  New leaves have a yellowish hue just after they unfurl from the leaf bud
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  • Alaska.  Delicate emerging new Balsam Poplar leaves (Populus balsamifera) at the top of a young shoot in May.  New leaves have a yellowish hue just after they unfurl from the leaf bud
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  • Alaska.  Brilliant yellow leaves of a mixture of Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera), Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera), and Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) line the entrance roadway to the Kenai River Campground in September on a sunny day with partly cloudy skies.
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  • Alaska.  Bright yellow fall colors line the upper Kenai River just above the confluence with the Russian River as a driftboat with fishermen floats by peacefully under blue skies with white puffy clouds and Round Mountain in the background in September.
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  • Alaska.  The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) contrast with snow-covered Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera).
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