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Drooping Alder

Alnus pendula

Also called Rhombie Leaf Alder, White Alder

Drooping Alder
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Betulaceae (Birch family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Japan (Honshu, Hokkaido)
Climate
temperate

About

Alnus pendula is a species of flowering plant in the alder genus Alnus (family Betulaceae), native to Honshu and Hokkaido islands of Japan. An "exceptionally attractive" and "extremely elegant" large shrub or small tree, sources differ on whether it is introduced or native to Korea.

Other Alnus plants

Andean Alder · Green Alder · Italian Alder · Alnus cremastogyne · Japanese Green Alder · Formosan alder · Common Alder · Manchurian Alder · Grey Alder · Japanese alder · Evergreen alder · Iberian Alder

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alnus pendula by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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