TREES AND SHRUBS 243 



SPECKLED OR HOARY ALDER 

 The common alder of the northern alder swamps. 



SPECKLED OR HOARY ALDER 



Alnus incana 



FORM 



A bushy shrub 6'-20' in height com- 

 posed of many crooked branches. 



LEAVES 



Egg-shaped or oval with pointed tip 

 2-4" long, downy whitish beneath, 

 dark green above. Turn bright yel- 

 low in autumn. Edges often doubly 

 notched. 



FRUIT 



A strobile or woody cone bearing the 

 wingless seed beneath the scales. 



RANGE 



Along the edge of streams and swamps 

 from Pennsylvania and Nebraska, 

 north to Canada. 



Fig. 44. Leaf, flower; and fruit of speckled alder. 



