Alnus rubra

red alder

Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of USFS) 

Fire Effects On
(courtesy of  U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects) 

From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology) 

North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry) 

The Great American Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry) 

Recent Champion: 104' height, 49' spread, 245" circumf., Clatsop County, Oregon
National Register of Big Trees

Buy a Red Alder Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)

Range Map

-The native range of sweetgum, USFS.

Quick Stats
Common Names:  Oregon alder, western alder, and Pacific coast alder

Habitat:  Observed as a lowland species along the northern Pacific coast

Description:  The most common hardwood in the Pacific Northwest it is a relatively short-lived, intolerant pioneer with rapid juvenile growth

Uses:  fix atmospheric nitrogen

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Photo - Virginia Tech

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