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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Alnus glutinosa
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    FAGALES
 FAMILY:   BETULACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Alnus glutinosa
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Gaertn.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BLACK ALDER
    EUROPEAN ALDER
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Alnus vulgaris Hill
 
 PLANTS CODE: ALGL2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         WET-MESIC
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   COOK            DUPAGE          HARDIN          JACKSON         JOHNSON
   UNION           VERMILION       WILL
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Dentate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:       Obovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Catkin
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Nut
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Introduced-  Europe
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Uncommon
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      5
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Naturalized along rivers and streams (Mohlenbrock, 1987).
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           No data entered
          SANDY LOAM     Good               LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     Good               ACIDIC SOIL    Good
          EXTREMELY ACID Good               SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS No data entered    GENTLE SLOPES  No data entered
          MODERATE SLOPE No data entered    STEEP SLOPES   No data entered
     HABITAT:   Wet   Moist
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Wind
     NITROGEN FIXING   Yes
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Maybe
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   Medium
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:    Poor   -
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:    Fair   -   Fruit   Flowers
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:    Good   -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:    Good   -   Leaves   Stems   Buds
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:
         DEER:     No data     WATERFOWL:    No data   SMALL MAMMAL:   No data
         FISH:     No data     SMALL BIRD:   No data   UPLAND GAME:     Good
         AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data
 
     WILDLIFE COMMENTS:
         Regarding upland game birds food value, pertains to woodcock, grouse.
         Regarding small non-game bird food value, pertains especially to crossbills,
         pine siskins, redpolls, goldfinches.
         Regarding aquatic species food value, pertains to muskrat, beaver.
         Regarding upland game birds cover, pertains to woodcock, grouse.
 
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     LONG-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
     SEED BANK:   High
 
 
 REVEGATATION COMMENTS:
     Good for various kinds of spoil banks.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Gill, J. D. and W. M. Healy.  1974.  Shrubs and vines for northeastern
     wildlife.  USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE-9.
Wodehouse, R. P.  1971.  Hayfever plants.  Hafner Publishing Company, New
     York.  280 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1983-continuing.  Illinois flora update.  Erigenia.
Meeuse, B. J. D.  1961.  The story of pollination.  Ronald Press Company,
     New York.  243 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Alnus glutinosa
 
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 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
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