alder
Any of a group of trees or shrubs belonging to the birch family, found mainly in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere and characterized by toothed leaves and catkins. (Genus Alnus, family Betulaceae.)
| Sitka alder (Alnus sinuata) and red alder (A. rubra) are common to western North America. |
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