White Alder

White Alder
Related Category: Plants
deciduous shrub or small tree (Clethra alnifolia) native to the Appalachians, named for the resemblance of its leaves to those of the unrelated true alders.

California White Alder, White Alder
There are about 30 species and many cultivars of the short-lived Alder. Most of these deciduous trees like colder climates and moist or wet soils along streams and ponds.

WHITE ALDER
Alnus rhombifolia
General Notes
Relatively tolerant of heat and wind in landscaped areas. SelecTree lists no cultivars of rhombifolia.
An Alnus rhombifolia in Springville (SCICON) is registered as a California Big Tree.

white alder Betulaceae Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.   symbol: ALRH2
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White Alder AL-nus rom-bi-FO-le-ah
Deciduous tree, mature trees are generally 50-80 ft (15-24 m) tall, record trees reach over 100 ft (30 m), the crown is open, broadly rounded in shape, branches slender and nodding at the ends.

The deciduous white alder is native to campus, for example along San Francisquito Creek and at Jasper Ridge.

the very similar white alder, Turnera subulata (Photo: Chris Gardiner)
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White Alder [English]: Alnus rhombifolia
White Alder [English]: Clethra alnifolia
White Allee [English]: Guettarda scabra
White Alling [English]: Bontia daphnoides
White Alumroot [English]: Heuchera alba ...

Clethra - Pepperbush
Clethra accuminata - Sweet Pepperbush; White Alder
Elliottia - Elliottia Trees
Elliottia racemosa - Elliottia; Southern Plum ...

See also: Alder, Green, May, Birch, Cherry