From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Common name is
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Sitka Alder +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Betulaceae +
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FlowerDescription
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Flowers in dense catkins. Catkins with male or female flowers. Male catkins long and drooping. Female catkins small and cone-like. +
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Genus
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Alnus +
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Is Documented by MRG
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Sitka +
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LeafDescription
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Leaves alternate on twigs. Leaf blades oval to elliptic with finely toothed margins. +
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NeedBetterPhoto
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false +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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Scientific name is
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Alnus viridis +
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SpecificEpithet
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viridis +
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Summary
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Common deciduous tree-like shrub frequentl … Common deciduous tree-like shrub frequently found along shorelines and colonizing avalanche chutes or mud slide areas. Also found at treeline.
Collections from throughout much of the region, with a few gaps (none from Admiralty Island, for example). FNA suggests ssp ''crispa'' does not occur in the region, but rather the very similar ssp ''fruticosa'' occurs in the northern part of the region (approx. Juneau/Glacier Bay north).
From FNA account for ssp ''fruticosa'': "This primarily subarctic Asian subspecies has long been mistaken in western North America for ''Alnus viridis'' subsp. ''crispa'', which it closely resembles, or for subsp. ''sinuata'' (J. J. Furlow 1983b). It can be separated from the former by its larger and more coarsely toothed leaves, and from the latter by its much thicker, mostly single-toothed leaf blades."icker, mostly single-toothed leaf blades." +
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Synonyms include
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Alnus sinuata +
, Alnus crispa +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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TaxonRemarks
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ssp. ''sinuata''; possibly ''fruticosa'' and/or ''crispa''(?) +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
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Categories |
Vascular Plant +
, Species +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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30 May 2015 21:21:38 +
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Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
, Alnus viridis +
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