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Iberian Alder

Alnus lusitanica

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 23, February 13, March 38, April 79, May 85, June 55, July 73, August 114, September 52, October 63, November 27, December 31.
Portugal653
Spain634
Comunidad de Madrid142
Galicia134
AVEIRO116
Castilla y León113
Andalucía109
Principado de Asturias78
COIMBRA74
PORTO67

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybirch family · Betulaceae
Genusalders · Alnus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Iberian Alder with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.