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Alnus glutinosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Alnus glutinosa - Male catkin close-up - Click to enlarge!

Male catkin close-up; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Alnus glutinosa - Catkins - Click to enlarge!

Catkins; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Alnus glutinosa - Twig with cones from last year and young ones just after pollination - Click to enlarge!

Twig with cones from last year and young ones just after pollination; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Alnus glutinosa - Close-up of female flower after fertilisation - Click to enlarge!

Close-up of female flower after fertilisation; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Alnus glutinosa - Fresh not yet completely opened leaves - Click to enlarge!

Fresh not yet completely opened leaves; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Alnus glutinosa - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Vila de Prado, Braga, Portugal; 2/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 725
Date of entry: 15.02.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Black Alder

German: Schwarz-Erle

Portuguese: Amieiro-vulgar

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fagales (32)

        Family: Betulaceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Alnus (1)

            Epithet: glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (2)

Synonym: Betula glutinosa Wallr.

glutinosa => covered with sticky exudation

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: brown, yellow

External links

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