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Alnus rubra Bong.
red alder
       
Symbol:   ALRU2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Betulaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree  
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    N
CAN    N



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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Usage Requirements.
 
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Alnus rubra Bong.

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Synonyms:
Alnus rubra Bong.

  ALOR Alnus oregona Nutt.
  ALORP Alnus oregona Nutt. var. pinnatisecta Starker
 

Distribution:
Alnus rubra Bong.

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USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Alnus rubra Bong.

View 6 genera in Betulaceae, 14 species in Alnus
 

Classification:
Alnus rubra Bong.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Hamamelididae
Order Fagales
Family Betulaceae – Birch family
Genus Alnus Mill. – alder
Species Alnus rubra Bong. – red alder
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Alnus rubra Bong.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC FACW FAC NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Alnus rubra Bong.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Quinlan             Low Low
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=birds.plants, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Alnus rubra Bong.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19474.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 

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Alnus rubra Bong.

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