Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Fabids
• Order: Fagales
• Family: Betulaceae
• Subfamily: Coryloideae
• Tribe: Betuloideae
• Genus: Alnus
• Species: Alnus glutinosa

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• A. glutinosa subsp. antitaurica Yalt., 1967;
• A. glutinosa subsp. betuloides Anșin, 1993;
• A. glutinosa subsp. glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., 1790, P.

Hybridizes with:

• A. cordata (Loisel.) Duby, 1828 to produce A. × elliptica Req., 1825, P;
• A. incana (L.) Moench, 1794 to produce A. × pubescens Tausch, 1834, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Shaw, K., Roy, S., Wilson, B., Beech, E., & Rivers, M.C. (2017). Alnus glutinosa (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63517/80566653

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 540). Biotope.