In this episode of ID That Tree, Recep Yildiz a FNR graduate student shares his expertise on how to ID black alder. Black alder, which is also known as common alder or European alder, is found in most ...

White alder leaves slightly smell of tannic acid, which is more noticeable on a foggy fall morning. Indians used the white alder to produce a red dye for their baskets, and to create a ...

Alder trees are not disappointing this year; they are putting on their usual excellent display of catkins. In a simple world, the flowers of all Irish plants fall into two distinct groups: those ...

Karin Pritsch, Alejandra Becerra, Sergei Põlme, Leho Tedersoo, Michael Schloter, Reinhard Agerer, Description and identification of Alnus acuminata ectomycorrhizae from Argentinean alder stands, ...

THE Tree Council of Ireland has the gift of prophesy: it designated 2008, one of the rainiest ever recorded, as the Year of the Alder. For this tree, wetter is better. Alders love swampy places.

Bark textures are relatively uniform by tree species and make a great visual marker for broad tree identification. Textures are divided into at least 18 types, from smooth (beech) to spiny (locust).