Taxon: Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.

Common names:

• alder   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• black alder   (Source: F USSR ) – English
  
• European alder   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• swartels   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• ontano nero   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• klibbal   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide F NAmer)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: soil improver   (fide F NAmer)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber; F NAmer)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Furlow, J. J. 1979. The systematics of the American species of Alnus (Betulaceae). Rhodora 81:191–196.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Murai, S. 1964. Phytotaxonomical and geobotanical studies on genusAlnus in Japan. III. Taxonomy of whole world species and distribution of each section. Bull. Gov. Forest Exp. Sta., Meguro 171:52–54.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

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Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Alnus glutinosa.

Synonyms:

• (=) Alnus barbata C. A. Mey.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata (C. A. Mey.) Yalt.
  
• (=) Alnus glutinosa var. barbata (C. A. Mey.) Ledeb.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Betula alnus L.
  
• (≡) Betula alnus var. glutinosa L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Betula glutinosa (L.) Lam.
  

Check other web resources for Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Alnus glutinosa cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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