Species: Alnus viridis
Green Alder
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Fagales
Family
Betulaceae
Genus
Alnus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
aulne vert - green alder
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Birch Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Fagales - Betulaceae - Alnus - Alnus viridis is recognized by most North American floras as Alnus crispa (e.g., Gleason and Cronquist 1990). Scoggan (1978) recognizes ssp. sinuata and ssp. crispa, but A. sinuata has been treated as a distinct species (Hitchcock and Cronquist 1973).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1983-09-19
Global Status Last Changed
1983-09-19
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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