| Description | Alder (Alnus serruluta) is a small deciduous thicket-forming tree found growing near streams and wet areas. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (AL-nus) (ser-yoo-LAY-tuh) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, with some shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist to wet, native to the boggy ground along streams/lakes/rivers, wetland margins, springs, spring-fed meadows, ditches, and swampy fields |
| Flowers | monoecious tree bears separate male and female flowers |
| Fruit | female fruiting cones (strobiles) to 3/4” long containing winged nutlets (seeds), cones mature to dark brown in fall, with persistence into winter. resemble small pine cones, male catkins (brownish-yellow)are slender, cylindrical, and droop in clusters |
| Dimensions | 10-15 by 10-15 feet |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #270-North Carolina Extention Gardener Tool Box (www.plants.ces.ncsu.edu/) |
Cart
