Native & growing wild in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Europe eastward from France, Turkey, the Caucasus, across Siberia to Manchuria, Korea, Japan, Kamchatka, Alaska, Canada, & US (the North American plants are often distinguished as
Alnus rugosa). Naturalized in UK, Ireland, & elsewhere.
Distribution / Verbreitung: in the
Northern Hemispherein
Europein
DeutschlandPictures / BilderOther English names (not proposed):
creek alder
European gray alder
hoary alder
mountain alder
swmap alder
tag alder
thin-leaved alder
white alderAndere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):
die
Auerle
Preußische Erledie
RoterleTaxonomic citation:
Alnus incana (Linnaeus) Moench, Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis
424. 1794.
Basionym:
Betula alnus var.
incana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 983. 1753.
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