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grey alder::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alnus incana, gray alder |
| Type of | alder, alder tree |
Examples of grey alder
grey alder
Grey alder we'll plant where it's wet, not least because it will improve the poor soil by fixing nitrogen.
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Typical boreal species are Norway spruce, pine, downy birch, grey alder, aspen, rowan, wood anemone and Viola riviniana.
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Birch is usually dominant in these northern areas, but pine, aspen, rowan, bird cherry and grey alder are also common.
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Grey alder, silver birch, yellow bedstraw, raspberry, mugwort and Myrica gale are examples of species in this zone which do not grow further north or higher up.
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The hallmark of this zone in Norway is the domination of oak and the virtual complete lack of typical boreal species such as Norway spruce and grey alder, although a lowland variant of pine occurs.
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Brooks are ardent, their songs stronger, banks scoured back under red root tassels of alder, and streambeds a yellow dawn-grey as if each pebble has been picked out, wiped clean and put back.
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Despite the grey heavens and bitter northerlies there is something decorative, even festive about the way the catkins tremble in the alder trees on Ducan's Marsh.
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