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Alnus rubra
Also called Oregon Alder, Western alder
Red alder is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to the Pacific coast of western North America, the largest alder in North America, often grown for timber, shade, or restoration of disturbed soils. It is a timber and landscape tree rather than a houseplant, and it needs open space and moist, well-drained soil.
Alnus rubra, the red alder,
is a deciduous broadleaf tree native to western North America (Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Montana).
Alnus rubra grows from Southeast Alaska to central coastal California, nearly always within about 200 kilometres (120 mi) of the Pacific coast, except for an extension 600 km (370 mi) inland across Washington and Oregon into northernmost Montana. It can be found from sea level to elevations of 900 m (3,000 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alnus rubra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
