Alnus incana (L.) Moench ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
Detail
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Botanical Name
- Alnus incana (L.) Moench ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen
- Common Name
- Speckled Alder
- Synonym(s)
- Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Sprengel
- Comments
- Our interpretation of results of two 20-year old molecular studies of Alnus is that relationships between traditional segregates of the Alnus incana complex are not particularly clear and could benefit from additional study with a larger group of samples.
- Habitat
- Stream banks and forested seeps and seepage swamps. Rare at higher elevations of the Northern Blue Ridge (Augusta, Madison, Nelson, and Page counties).
- Native Status
- Native
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