The brush is beginning to change colors with the advancing autumn along Turnagin Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska.
These Fireweed leaves were photographed as they were beginning to turn red with advance of autumn. The photograph was taken near Flat Top within the Chugach State Park in Anchorage, Alaska.
Devil's Club, with its bright green flowers, beautiful red berries, and toxic thorns. This photograph was taken on the East Glacier Trail in Juneau, Alaska - late summer.
This Mountain Ash was just beginning to change colors for the Autumn. This photograph was taken near McHugh Creek along Turnagin Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska.
These turning leaves were photographed near Bird Creek along Turnagin Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska.
This solitary group of leaves was a last holdout against the Alaskan winter. It was photographed in late autumn along the Knik River northeast of Anchorage.
Bright red Devil's Club Berries. The plants are pretty but the thorns have toxin that irritates if they get to you. These were photographed near Campbell Creek, Anchorage, Alaska at about mid-summer.
This is a late-winter photograph taken late in the day near Juneau, Alaska. The fog is beginning to obscure the mountains and forest behind this snow-covered field.
The Green Spruce trees contrast with the golden Birch trees. This was taken during late Autumn in Baxter Bog Pond Park near Anchorage, Alaska.
Local foliage taken along a glacier trail near Juneau, Alaska.
This trail circumnavigates Baxter Bog Pond on the east side of Anchorage. The photograph was taken in the early autumn and the Birch trees were beginning to turn and shed their leaves.
This Skunk Cabbage was just emerging in mid-May near Juneau, Alaska.
This photograph was taken near Flattop, in the Chugach State Park in Anchorage in the early autumn.
This walking and bicycle trail is located near Campbell Creek in Anchorage, Alaska. This photograph was taken in late July 2006.
This trail circumnavigates Baxter Bog Pond on the east side of Anchorage. The photograph was taken in the early autumn and the Birch trees were beginning to turn and shed their leaves.
This small store is in Hope, Alaska, situated on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage. This photograph was taken in mid-September.
Autumn has arrived on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska. This hills are covered with mix of Spruce and Birch trees, which make for an impressive contrast of colors.
Granite Creek winds between the mountains as it makes its way across the Kenai Peninsula on the way to Cook Inlet just south of Anchorage, Alaska. The Birch trees are in full color in mid-September.
This low lying ground cover is a mix of changing colors and evergreen rendering a nice contrast. This photograph was taken about mid-September on Flattop in the Chugach State Park just outside Anchorage, Alaska.
The hills near Hope, Alaska are at the height of their fall colors in mid-September. Hope is on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, Alaska.
This structure was supposedly damaged in the 1964 earthquake that devasted Southcentral Alaska and was never repaired.
The low ground plants are at the height of their autumn colors just north of Talkeetna, Alaska in early September 2006.
These leaves and berriers created a brilliant ground cover in early September north of Talkeetna, Alaska.
These leaves were beginning to turn in late July along Turnagain Arm just south of Anchorage, Alaska. This photo was taken near McHugh Creek in the Chugach State Park.
These brightly colored flora were nestled beneath a set of evergreen trees in the Chugach State Park just outside Anchorage, Alaska. This photograph was taken around mid-September.
The Birch trees, at the height of their autumn color contrast with the rich green of the Spruce trees. This photo was taken along the Hope Road on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, Alaska.
Frost, a dusting of snow, and changing colors signal the imminent arrival of winter in the high country in the Chugach State Park just outside Anchorage, Alaska in late September 2006.
A fisherman takes advantage of beautiful sunny weather in late September along Campbell Creek near Anchorage, Alaska.
This leaf was perched upon the branch of a Spruce tree. This photo was taken just at sunrise following an evening that had a light dusting of snow early followed by a light frost. This was taken in Chugach State Park in Anchorage, Alaska.
An early snow is just about to melt off on these turning leaves along a hiking trail in the Chugach State Park outside Anchorage, Alaska. This photo was taken at the end of September.
These leaves were photographed in late September on Flattop, a popular recreation area within Chugach State Park just outside Anchorage, Alaska.
Early morning sunshine finds it way through the canopy of evergreens to partially light these changing leaves. This photo was taken along Campbell Creek outside Anchorage, Alaska in late September.
This small plant was nestled among fallen birch leaves along a hiking trail near Campbell Creek just outside Anchorage, Alaska in late September.
Although it looks to be in freefall, this leaf was actually hanging by a single strand of a spider web. I photographed this near Baxter Bog Pond in Anchorage, Alaska in early September.
These berries were photographed in the early morning hours after a summer rain near McHugh Creek in the Chugach State Park south of Anchorage, Alaska.
This Birch leaf was one of the early ones that dropped from the trees surrounding Baxter Bog Pond (Anchorage, Alaska) in early September.
These Birch trees, turning bright yellow with the approach of Autumn, were photographed at Potter Marsh just south of Anchorage, Alaska near mid-September 2006.
The ground cover along the hiking trails around Flattop in the Chugach State Park presents a flaming contrast with the muted evergreens in the background. This photo was taken in late September just outside Anchorage, Alaska.
Colorful berries - Denali National Park summer 2007
Little Susitna River, Hatcher Pass State Park near Wasilla, Alaska - September 2011
Late September 2011, Hatcher Pass State Park, near Wasilla, Alaska.
Big Lake, in the Mat-Su Valley, Southcentral Alaska - September 2011.
Big Lake, in the Mat-Su Valley, Southcentral Alaska - September 2011.
Big Lake, in the Mat-Su Valley, Southcentral Alaska - September 2011.
