Arctic avens is one of the defining plants of Alaska's alpine tundra, thriving on rocky slopes and windswept ridges where the...

Arctic Aven Amid a Sea of Campion

Denali National Park

Arctic avens is one of the defining plants of Alaska's alpine tundra, thriving on rocky slopes and windswept ridges where the flower somehow prospers and waves in the wind. Purple moss campion often forms in dense cushion like mats alongside Avens. Photo © copyright by Ed Fuhr.