Taxon: Alnus incana (L.) Moench

See also subordinate taxa:

• Alnus incana subsp. incana (no accessions)
• Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (8 accessions)
• Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia (6 accessions)

Common names:

• gray alder   (Source: F BritStace ) – English   [Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  
• grey alder   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• mountain alder   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia]
  
• speckled alder   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• swamp alder   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• tag alder   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• thin-leaf alder   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia]
  
• aulne blanchâtre   (Source: F NAmer ) – French   [Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• ontano bianco   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian   [Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  
• gråal   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  
• hasselal   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maryland
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

• naturalized elsewhere

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.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Furlow, J. J. 1979. The systematics of the American species of Alnus (Betulaceae). Rhodora 81:165.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• 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.
• 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 171:55.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Alnus incana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Alnus incana.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Alnus incana.

Synonyms:

• Alnus americana (Regel) Czerep. [= Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• Alnus glauca F. Michx. [= Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• Alnus incana var. americana Regel [= Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• Alnus incana f. aurea hort. ex Dippel [= Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  
• Alnus incana var. pendula (Callier) Rehder [= Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Alnus incana f. pinnata (Lundmark) H. J. P. Winkl. [= Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  
• Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng. [≡ Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  (previously associated with 12 accessions)
• Alnus rugosa var. americana (Regel) Fernald [= Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. [≡ Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia]
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• Betula alnus var. incana L. [≡ Alnus incana subsp. incana]
  
• Betula alnus var. rugosa Du Roi [≡ Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  
• Betula rugosa (Du Roi) Ehrh. [≡ Alnus incana subsp. rugosa]
  

Check other web resources for Alnus incana (L.) Moench:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• 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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