Alnus incana (grey alder)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Alnus incana (L.) Moench
- Preferred Common Name
- grey alder
- Other Scientific Names
- Alnus americana (Regel) Czerep.
- Alnus glauca F. Michx.
- Alnus incana f. aurea hort. ex Dippel
- Alnus incana f. pinnata (Lundmark) H. J. P. Winkl.
- Alnus incana var. americana Regel
- Alnus incana var. pendula (Callier) Rehder
- Alnus kolaensis N. I. Orlova
- Alnus lanuginosa GILIB.
- Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng.
- Alnus rugosa var. americana (Regel) Fernald
- Alnus tenuifolia Nutt.
- Betula alnus var. incana L.
- Betula rugosa (Du Roi) Ehrh.
- International Common Names
- EnglishHazel alderhoary alderspeckled alder (European)
- Spanishaliso blanco
- Frenchaulne blancaulne de montagneaulne grisâtreaune blanchatreAune serrule
- Russianol'kha belayaol'kha seraya
- Local Common Names
- Czechoslovakia (former)olse sedá
- GermanyGrau-ErleHasel- ErleRunzelblaettrige ErleWeiss-Erle
- Italyontano biancoontano peloso
- Netherlandsgrauwe Elsgrijze elswitte els
- Polandolsza (ocha) szaraolsza (olcha) biala
- Swedengråal
- EPPO code
- ALUIN (Alnus incana)
- EPPO code
- ALURG (Alnus rugosa)
- EPPO code
- ALUTE (Alnus tenuifolia)
- Subspecies
- Alnus incana subsp. incana
- Subspecies
- Alnus incana subsp. kolaensis
- Trade name
- olcha
- Trade name
- plywood
Pictures
Mature trees
A. incana trees growing at the south foot of the Babia Gora Massif in Lipnica Wielka, Wielkopolska (Western Carpathians, Poland).
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Montane boggy forest
A. incana is a component of mountain boggy forest (Caltho-Alnetum incanae, dry variant) found on the southern slope of the Babia Gora Mountain (Polish Western Carpathians).
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Riverside alder
Structure of submontane riverside alder carr (Alnetum incanae carpaticum), a vegetation type dominated by grey alder. It is found on montane allluvial soils. Lipnia Wielka, south of the Babia Gora Mountain (Polish Western Carpathians).
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Twig and leaves
Young twig of A. incana with leaves and cone-like, unripe strobili.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Leaves and ripe fruits
Young twig of A. incana with leaves and ripe, cone-like strobili with fruits.
Wojciech Stachnowicz
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa
Bill Cook, Michigan State University, bugwood.org
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Alnus incana
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Alnus incana
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Alnus incana
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Alnus incana
Zelimir Borzan, University of Zagreb, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
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Published online: 20 November 2019
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