Alnus serrulata
hazel alder, brookside alder, tag alder, common alder, brook-side alder, brook side alder, smooth alder
Family
Betulaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
serrate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
obovate, ovate
Growth Form
shrub, tree
Flower Month
February - April
Height (meters)
2.0 - 5.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Leaf Retention
Deciduous
Wetland Class
FACW
Field Characters
A shrub with doubly serrate leaf margins and persistent stipules, persistent woody cones and twigs with triangular pith in cross section. Often confused with Alnus rugosa whose bark has linear, whitish lenticels. (A. serrulata has dark lenticels)
Habitat
Along streams, in swamps and boggy situations.