smooth alder
Alnus serrulata
Summary 2
Alnus serrulata, the hazel alder or smooth alder, is a thicket-forming shrub in the family Betulaceae. It is native to eastern North America and can be found from western Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick south to Florida and Texas.
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnus_serrulata
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Form | shrub, tree |
|---|---|
| Fruit type | Catkin |
| Fruit color | Brown |
| Fruit season | Fall |
| Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
| Simple/compound | Simple |
| Leaf shape | Elliptic, Ovate |
| Leaf margin | Serrated |
| Venation | Pinnate |
| Leaf texture | Hairy Below, Paler below |
| Bark color | Brown, Gray |
| Bark texture | Fluted, Smooth |
| Flower color | brown, green, red |
