Ethnobotany Program
The program teaches local identification of native and invasive plants, plants for use in landscaping or revegetation, indigenous farming techniques, economics of using native plants for new crops, and the transmittal and saving of traditional knowledge to audiences of many ages.
PMC Programs
- PMC Home Page
- Horticulture
- Industrial Hemp
- Invasive Plants
- Plant Pathology
- Potatoes
- Potato Program
- Certified Seed Potato Production
- Disease Risk Monitoring
- Publications and Reports
- Late Blight Management Plan for Alaska, 2005
- AK Seed Potato Certification Handbook, 2017
- 2018 AK Certified Seed Potato Growers
- 2018 Potato Postharvest Processing Evaluation Report
- 2013 Potato Variety Trial Project
- 2015 Field Potato Evaluation
- 2016 Potato Germplasm Winter Growout
- Download .zip video of 2014 Potato Symposium Meeting
- Resources
- Revegetation
- Seed Production
- Soil Conservation
- Publication List
- Native Plant Source Directory
- PMC Staff Directory
- PMC Weather Station
5310 S Bodenburg Spur
Palmer, AK 99645
Phone: 907-745-4469
Fax: 907-746-1568
Mon. - Fri.
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Ethnobotany Education
The Ethnobotany Teaching Garden at the Alaska Plant Materials Center includes the study of how the many cultural groups in Alaska use plants as food, medicine, and technology. The Plant Materials Center works with people throughout Alaska to learn about and plant their own Ethnobotany Garden.
Topics Include:
• Landscaping using native plants
• Ecology, biology, and taxonomy of native plants
• Hands-on experience in harvesting and gathering ethics
• Recognizing the importance of traditional ecological knowledge
• Cultural plant names and language translation
