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Alnus incana |
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White or Gray Alder |
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2 to 6 |
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Northern Europe and the
Caucasus Mountains |
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Large pyramidal to oval tree. |
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40 to 60 feet tall. |
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Alternate, simple, 2 to 4” long, 1 1/4 to 2 1/4” wide,
ovate, oval or obovate, apex acute, base rounded or
cuneate, double serrate and usually slightly lobulate,
dull green above, impressed veins, grayish beneath, 9 to
12 vein pairs; petiole 1/2 to 1” long, pubescent. |
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‘Aurea’-Leaves are yellow, young stems are reddish
yellow and remain so throughout the winter, young
catkins orangish; have seen in
England during
September and the yellow leaf color is essentially
past but the orange male catkins are quite distinct.
‘Laciniata’-The handsomest of the many cut-leaved
types with the blade divided into 6 or B pairs of
lobes reaching 2/3’s or more of the way to the
midrib, leaves light green; apparently there are
many cut-leaf forms of the species all varying in
degrees of fineness.
‘Pendula’-A fine form with pendulous branches and
gray-green leaves; leaves are actually dark green
above, gray-breen below; the branches decidedly
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