black alder

1. A Eurasian alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) that grows in wet soil and is naturalized in parts of North America.

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black′ al′der

1. a holly, Ilex verticillata, of E and midwestern North America, bearing red fruit that remains through early winter.

2. a European alder, Alnus glutinosa, having a gray bark and sticky foliage.

Translations

Schwarzerle

aliso alisos

tervaleppä

črna jelša

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The increase in nitrogen concentration is more clearly evident under [N.sub.2]-fixing black alder plantation [17], but the abundance of [N.sub.2]-fixing legume family species could also be an important source for nitrogen [28, 29].

FOREST ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY IN 15-YEAR-OLD HYBRID ASPEN (Populus tremula L. x P. tremuloides Michx.) PLANTATIONS ON A RECLAIMED OIL SHALE QUARRY

Other species are black alder, grey alder, aspen, ash, and oak groves.

The business of forest brothers

This study was designed to determine some physical and mechanical properties of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) made of black alder (Alnus glutinosa).

An investigation of some physical and mechanical properties of laminated veneer lumber manufactured from black alder (Alnus glutinosa) glued with polyvinyl acetate and polyurethane adhesives

Alnus glutinosa 'Pyramidalis'--'Pyramidalis' Black Alder, 'Pyramidalis' European Alder

Appendix 1 Nonconiferous trees requiring only moderate pruning to develop strong structure

Our black alder tree reveals this woodpecker activity.

Letters

Black alder and grey alder (Alnus incana) grow in northern Europe and western Siberia.

Alder profits from aggressive marketing

Some common nurse-tree species are black locust, black alder, autumn olive, bicolor lespedeza, and indigo bush.

Reforesting Appalachia's coal lands

kurilensis) have shown the fastest growth, while native species of silver birch and black alder have proved to be the most productive deciduous trees [3, 9, 10].

Biomass allocation, leaf and fine root morphological adaptations in young black alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.), silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantations on reclaimed oil shale post-mining areas