Common Alder

The Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa) only grows on marshy ground. Often, in a valley, a ribbon of trees marks the course of a streamlet.



In winter tree fellers leave piles of trunks in their wake. Those of the Common alder are easy to recognize by their clear orange colour.

Soon the tree will flower, but now only last year's female catkins are visible, they look like small black pine cones. The new male catkins are already growing longer, getting ready for things to come.