Books about Denali National Park are readily available at the visitor's centers at the park. I'd imagine many will also be available at many of the lodges and hotels in the area as well as at bookstores in Fairbanks and Anchorage.

1. Wildflowers of Denali National Park by Verna E. Pratt and Frank G. Pratt, Alaskakrafts, Inc., Copyright 1993, ISBN 0-9623192-2-8.

In terms of ease of use, this book is probably the easiest to use when trying to identify common plants found within the national park. The plants are organized via color of the flowers, and is copiously illustrated with beautiful color plates of the most common species.

2. Plants of Denali National Park (North of the Alaska Range) by Camp Denali Publishing, Copyright 1981, Revised in 1986.

This is a checklist of the most common lower and higher plants found in the park to the north of the Alaska Range. It can be obtained at the visitor's centers in the park.

3. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories (a Manual of the Vascular Plants) by Eric Hulten, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California ISBN 0-8047-0643-3.

This is a book more useful to serious botanists, although it is rather large for carrying into the field. It contains identification keys, line drawings and small range maps. It is probably most useful for trying to identify those species that are difficult to key out.

4. Flora of the Yukon Territory by William J. Cody, NRC Research Press, Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-660-16406.

This book is also probably most useful to those who are serious botanists. It too contains identification keys and line drawings with brief descriptions of the plants.

Denali National Park

Camp Denali / North Face Lodge