Hazel Alder

Alnus serrulate

Size: 3, 5, & 7 Gallon Availability

Shrub
Max size: 30’ tall x 10’ wide
Average Size:20′ tall x 8′ wide

Aquatic, Very Moist, Occasional Moist
Loam, Sand
Full Sun/ Part Shade
Tolerant of low amounts of salt spray and inundation of brackish water

AKA: Smooth Alder, Tag Alder

This deciduous shrub has a yellow fall color. It blooms in the spring with long white flowers and early catkins. It is a nitrogen fixer and can colonize to form thickets. It is considered a specimen plant in moist or swampy areas, for its interesting bark and showy flowers. The foliage is browsed by deer.

It was used by the Cherokee as an analgesic, blood tonic, to treat coughs, skin, and kidney problems, as an emetic, and as a purgative.