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Alnus serrulata

hazel alder, smooth alder
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

hazel alder, smooth alder

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Alnus serrulata

Familia:

Betulaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Shrub

Tamaño:

5–30 ft tall by 5–10 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

yellow

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Bark

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Informal specimen plant or could be used as a mass planting or hedge in moist areas. It is usually a multi-stemmed tall shrub.

Consideraciones:

None.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Friends

Propagación:

From seed or division.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Aquatic -a- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Organic

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A, 8B

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

The Harvester butterfly ( Feniseca tarquinius ) is the only carnivorous butterfly in North America and includes the Wooly Alder Aphid in its prey species.

Browsed by deer.

Hábitats nativos:

Open, wet hammocks and pond margins

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

It forms root nodules with a symbiont anaerobic, filamentous bacteria (Frankia) to fix its own nitrogen, allowing it to grow well in poor or sterile soil. Its persistent fruit looks like a very small pine cone.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Minno, M., J. Butler, and D. Hall. (2005). Florida Butterfly Caterpillars and Their Host Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Stibolt, Ginny. (2026). Alders Fix Nitrogen. ( https://greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2026/02/alders-fix-nitrogen.html ). Accessed 2026.

Wunderlin, R. P, B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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