Taxon: Alnus incana (L.) Moench subsp. incana

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See other conspecific taxa:

• Alnus incana (4 accessions)
• Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (8 accessions)
• Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia (6 accessions)

Common names:

• gray alder   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• ontano bianco   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• gråal   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (fide F USSR)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide F BritStace)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Ency WTimber)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.

Synonyms:

• (=) Alnus incana f. aurea hort. ex Dippel
  
• (=) Alnus incana var. pendula (Callier) Rehder
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Alnus incana f. pinnata (Lundmark) H. J. P. Winkl.
  
• (≡) Betula alnus var. incana L. (basionym)
  

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

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Alnus incana subsp. incana cultivars

Check other databases for 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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