Fragaria vesca

The wild strawberry can be found in Alaska along with the rest of the northern hemisphere. It is a very tolerant plant that can withstand varying levels of water as well as soil quality. The further south you find the wild strawberry the more shade tolerant, the further north the more sunlight tolerant. It is a flowering ground level fruiting plant that shoots runners as well growing from seed banks in the soil. Humans and most other alskan animals such as voles, birds, and bears love this fruit. The wild strawberry blooms in mid-spring and starts to produce fruit throughout the summer. Wild strawberries have documented throughout history as favorite of the people even during the roman empire. In europes past villagers used to string wild strawberries to the horns of their cattle as an offering to elves.

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_strawberry

http://www.plantpropagation.homehydroponics.info/seed-propagation/wild-strawberries-interesting-facts-about-the-virginia-strawberry

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/strawberries/history.cfm