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Alnus serrulata |
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Tag or Hazel Alder |
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4 to 9 |
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Maine south to Florida and Louisiana -
United States |
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Multi-stem, suckering tree or shrub. |
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6 to 20 feet tall. |
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Yellow to brown
catkins borne from February to March |
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Alternate, simple, 2 to 4” long, 1 1/4 to 2 1/2” wide,
ovate or obovate, acute, cuneate, with uniform fine
teeth along the margin, dark green and glabrous above,
paler and pubescent beneath especially on the veins;
petiole-smooth, about 1” long. |
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Cone shaped about
1/2 inch long by 1/4 inch wide and smaller than
those of
A. rugosa. |
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Will colonize wet
sites. |
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Similar to
A. rugosa
differing chiefly in its leaves, which are
usually broadest above the middle and have the
margins set with fine, nearly regular teeth. |
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