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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies
  6. Birches and Allies
  7. Alders
  8. Grey Alder
  9. Speckled Alder

subspecies

Speckled Alder

Alnus incana rugosa

Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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100 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Large Aspen Tortrix, Red-spotted Admiral, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Fall Webworm Moth 89
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Alder Gall Buprestid, Striped Alder Sawfly, Dasineura serrulatae 3
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it American Red Squirrel, Woolly Alder Aphid, American Beaver, Pine Siskin 7
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Two-Marked Treehopper 1

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

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