Alnus oblongifolia Torr.

New mexican alder (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Alnus

Characteristics

Trees , to 30 m; trunks often several, crowns spreading. Bark dark gray, smooth, becoming blackish and breaking into shallow vertical plates in age; lenticels inconspicuous. Winter buds stipitate, ovoid, 4--8 mm, apex rounded; stalks 1.5--4 mm; scales 2, equal, valvate, sometimes incompletely covering underlying leaves, moderately resin-coated. Leaf blade narrowly ovate or lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 5--9 × 3--6 cm, leathery, base narrowly to broadly cuneate or narrowly rounded, margins flat, sharply and coarsely doubly serrate, rarely evenly and densely short-serrate, major teeth sharp, acuminate, secondary teeth distinctly larger, apex long to short-acuminate, rarely acute; surfaces abaxially glabrous to sparsely pubescent or infrequently villous, moderately resin-coated. Inflorescences formed season before flowering and exposed during winter; staminate catkins in 1 or more clusters of 3--6, 3.5--10 cm; pistillate catkins in 1 or more clusters of 2--7. Flowering before new growth in spring. Infructescences ovoid, ellipsoid, or nearly cylindric, 1--2.5 × 0.8--1.5 cm; peduncles 5--10 mm. Samaras elliptic to obovate, wings narrower than body, irregular in shape, leathery.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 27.5 - 30.0
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Alnus oblongifolia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Alnus oblongifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294968-1
WFO ID wfo-0000947054
COL ID C2RY
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Synonyms

Alnus oblongifolia Alnus serrulata var. oblongifolia