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red alder

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Noun1.red alder - large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniturered alder - large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
Alnus, genus Alnus - alders
alder tree, alder - north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant


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Duncan Island is home to a rich eco system, with towering Sitka spruce trees big enough to construct five houses, as Sears puts it, along with bigleaf maple, red alder, western hemlock and Douglas fir.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Growing on the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada, red alder (Alnus rubra) is one of some 15 species of alder in North America, and approximately 30 worldwide.
A red alder (Alnus rubra) and a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var.
 
 
 
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