Alnus tenuifolia Mountain alder (Betulaceae) Deciduous tree

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Alnus tenuifolia
Mountain alder
Deciduous tree
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The Alnus tenuifolia plant species is found in Western N. America - Alaska to California and New Mexico. It is a member of the Betulaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Mountain alder. Some home gardeners know the variety as A. incana tenuifolia. (Nutt.)Breitung.

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Latin Name:  Alnus tenuifolia
Common Name:  Mountain alder
Family:  Betulaceae
Author:  Nutt.

Known Hazards:  The freshly harvested inner bark is emetic but is alright once it has been dried[172].

Mature Height:  9   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Moist soils by swamps, streams, ponds and lakes in foothills to well up in the mountains[60, 229].

Medicinal Information: The bark is astringent, emetic, haemostatic, stomachic and tonic[172]. The bark also contains salicin[226], which probably decomposes into salicylic acid (closely related to aspirin) in the human body[213]. This is used as an anodyne and febrifuge[226]. The outer bark is astringent and is applied as a poultice to bleeding wounds, it also reduces swellings[226].

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