Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Common Names:
Alder, Common Alder
Localities:
Description:
A Deciduous Tree with alternate, simple, and serrated leaves; flowering into catkins with elongate male catkins on same plant as shorter woody female catkins that often appear before the leaves do; mainly wind pollinated with some bee pollination conducted.
Common Uses:
Greatly used in landscaping as it solves problems with wet or poor soil types as a legume that will correct atmospheric nitrogen through the roots and create its own fertilizer. Fast growing and mult-stemmed plants – Tree lines can be used for sound barriers. Depending on the species, hey can grow from 5-30 meters tall. The wood are commonly used in the creation of various musical instruments such as wood bases for electric guitars.
Culinary Uses:
Catkins are edible and high in protein, but are very bitter in taste and utilized usually on for survival food. The wood is used to smoke cooked food.
Medicinal Uses:
Bark contains anti-inflammatory salicin that metabolizes into salicyclic acid in the body. Red Alder bark is used by some Native Americans for relief from poison oak, insect bites, and skin irritations. The Blackfeet used Red Alder bark infusions to treat lymphatic disorders and tuberculosis.
Magical Uses:
Folklore:
Celtic mythology states that Bran the Blessed is associated with this tree.
Digging Fossils at the Fossil Beds (http://www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=27387) in Fossil, Oregon (http://www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=27373). Volcanic Legacy: Chronicle 25 – Chronicles of Sir Thomas Leaf, Lady Etain, and Prince Cian. Adventures in Washington, Oregon, Idaho & Wyoming. Photos taken August 1, 2016. To read the adventures, visit http://www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=21521. To read reviews, visit: www.technogypsie.com/reviews. All photos and articles (c) 2015/2016 Technogypsie.com – by Leaf McGowan and Thomas Baurley. All rights reserved. www.technogypsie.com/photography
Alder (http://www.treeleavesoracle.org/treelore/?p=1985) – Digging Fossils at the Fossil Beds (http://www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=27387) in Fossil, Oregon (http://www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=27373). Volcanic Legacy: Chronicle 25 – Chronicles of Sir Thomas Leaf, Lady Etain, and Prince Cian. Adventures in Washington, Oregon, Idaho & Wyoming. Photos taken August 1, 2016. To read the adventures, visit http://www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=21521. To read reviews, visit: www.technogypsie.com/reviews. All photos and articles (c) 2015/2016 Technogypsie.com – by Leaf McGowan and Thomas Baurley. All rights reserved. www.technogypsie.com/photography
Alder
“Alnus newberry – one of the most common plant fossils found here, small alder trees were found at the edges of ancient lake basins”.
