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Alnus nitida (Himalayan Alder)

Synonyms: Clethropis nitida; Clethropsis nitida (homotypic)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.37
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Tannin is obtained from the bark, it is used in dyeing; Wood - soft, even grained, hard to cut. Used for construction and furniture;
Height [2]  98 feet (30 m)
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Predators

Diaspidiotus perniciosus (California scale)[4]
Lepidosaphes ussuriensis (dark oystershell scale)[4]
Lymantria obfuscata[5]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0