Alder is particularly noted for its important symbiotic relationship with Frankia alni, an actinomycete, filamentous, nitrogen-fixing bacterium.

Alder bark contains the anti-inflammatory salicin, which is metabolized into salicylic acid in the body.

Alder is illustrated in the coat of arms for the Austrian town of Grossarl.

Alder is appreciated for its claimed ( but laboratory unsubstantiated ) bright tone, and has been adopted by many electric guitar manufacturers.

Most notable is the Diels – Alder reaction with 1, 3-dienes to give 1, 4-cyclohexadienes.

An important example of cycloaddition reaction is the Diels – Alder reaction ( the so-called cycloaddition ) between a conjugated diene and a substituted alkene to form a substituted cyclohexene system.

Alder wood is pale yellow to reddish brown, fine-textured and durable even under water.

Something which is signified by the fact the fort at Carlisle was able to be refurbished in 83AD using oak timbers from further afield rather than the local Alder.

; " Alder ," is a minor figure in Welsh tradition, the son of Matholwch king of Ireland, and Branwen, sister to the king of Britain.

Tostig features in the novels The Last English King ( 2000 ), by Julian Rathbone ( where he is depicted as Edward the Confessor's catamite ), Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The King's Shadow, by Elizabeth Alder, The Interim King, by J. Colman McMillan, Warriors of the Dragon Gold, by Ray Bryant, and God's Concubine book 2 of The Troy Game series by Sara Douglass, The Bastard King by Jean Plaidy.

Alden Grove, Alder Grove, Illinoistown, and Upper Corral ) is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174.

* Alder is a small unincorporated community on the south side of Lake Independence at and was a station on a spur of the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad between Marquette and Big Bay.

Alder is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Madison County, Montana, United States.

Alder is located at ( 45. 324531 ,-112. 108035 ).

It is a deep narrow Stream banks low and principally lined with Alder.

This is the place to see many plants, e. g. Black Alder, Malus sylvestris, Wild Service Tree, Taxus and types of orchids, for instance Cypripedium calceolus.

The village and surrounding area is serviced by the Jonathan Alder Local School District and Jonathan Alder High School.

Biotechnology is a key industry, with OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Seattle Genetics, CMC Icos, Alder Biopharmaceuticals, MDRNA, Blue Heron Biotechnology, Amgen, Iverson Genetic Diagnostics, and Elitech ( formerly Epoch Biosciences and Nanogen ) all opening in Bothell.

A partial list is: Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, American Bittern, American Black Duck, Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Broad-winged Hawk, Ruffed Grouse, American Woodcock, Common Snipe, Spotted Sandpiper, Herring Gull, Barred Owl, Saw-whet Owl, Whip-poor-will, Common Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Wood Pewee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Grey Jay, Blue Jay, Common Raven, Common Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Wood Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Veery, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwing, Common Starling, Red-eyed Vireo, Warblers, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Junco, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Song Sparrow

In addition to Tehanu's personal reconciliation with her own nature, the sorcerer Alder is reconciled with his dead wife, Lebannen with his future bride, and through that marriage, a lasting peace with Kargad is forged.

Alder received several honorary degrees and other awards, most famously the 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry which he shared with his teacher Diels for their work on what is now known as the Diels-Alder reaction.

The lunar crater Alder is named in his honour.

The name translates literally from the German as " Alder King " rather than its common English translation, " Elf King " ( which would be rendered as Elfenkönig in German ).

The common alder makes a large Bonsai, a quick grower it responds well to pruning but branches can be a bit coarse and leaf size not reducing as well as the Italian Alder leaves do.

Hardwood trees such as the Bigleaf maple and the Alder are also common, especially at lower elevations and along stream banks, and are vital to the ecosystem, in part because of their nitrogen fixing.

Alder is the common name of Alnus, a genus of shrubs and small trees.

Alder takes its name from Alder Creek ( named by Henry Edgar in 1863 ), the site of the second major gold discovery in Montana.

The name may have derived from the name of " Alder " trees found in the area ( Alder-holt meaning copse of Alder trees ), indicating that it was a wet, boggy place.

The town's name comes from the world Olcha ( Alder ), in the past it was named Olesznica.

The name is often " poetically ", but incorrectly, translated as The Irishman's Alder Grove.

After striking an officer, he deserted, changed his name to John Johnston, and traveled west to try his hand at the gold diggings in Alder Gulch, Montana Territory.

The name Owlerton is believed to come from the abundant growth of Alder trees in the area.

The British musician and actor Twink, born John Charles Alder, is said to have taken his stage name from the product.

The name ' Aldersley ' is said by topynmists to come from ' Alor ' - Old English for Alder as in Alder Tree, and ' lēah ' - a woodland clearing, the name likely meaning a clearing in the Alder wood or woodland clearing where there are Alders.

On the grounds of Aldersley Leisure Village, many Alder trees grow today, though it is not known if they are descendents of those that gave their name to the place.

Alder also provides shade to the plants growing below and the leaf fall helps to increase the amount of humus present in the soil.

The eggs are laid singly on the leaves of either Common Buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ) or Alder Buckthorn ( Rhamnus frangula ) – the only two food plants – and females will wander far and wide in search for these particular shrubs.

He was among the first botanists to describe the new plants then being discovered in Alaska ( under Russian ownership at the time ), including species now of major commercial importance like Sitka Spruce and Red Alder.

Some species of plants in the understory are Green Alder, low bush cranberry, prickly rose, bunchberry, twinflower, wild lily-of-the-valley, northern Comandra and wintergreens.

Other plants include Speckled Alder, Cattails, Sensitive Fern, Christmas Fern, Bracken, Clubmoss, Partridge Berry, Trillium, and Wintergreen.

Green Alder ( Alnus viridis )

Common overstory associates include Bigleaf Maple ( Acer macrophyllum ), California Bay Laurel ( Umbellularia californica ), Gray Pine ( Pinus sabineana ), and White Alder ( Alnus rhombifolia ).

In the fall the forests become brilliant with color from Andean Alder ( Alnus acuminata ) and poplar ( Populus spp.

Alder bark ( Alnus glutinosa ) with characteristic lenticels and abnormal lenticels on callused areas.

In Japanese forests for example, nests were observed in Fagales ( Grey Alder, Alnus hirsuta ssp.

** Alder ( Alnus )

* Alnus ( Alder )

They often form large thickets, and thrive in the open spaces under stands of Red Alder ( Alnus rubra ).

The Colchian rain forests are mixed, with deciduous Black Alder ( Alnus glutinosa ), hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus and C. orientalis ), Oriental Beech ( Fagus orientalis ), and Sweet Chestnut ( Castanea sativa ) together with evergreen Nordmann Fir ( Abies nordmanniana, the tallest tree in Europe at 78m ), Caucasian Spruce ( Picea orientalis ) and Scots Pine ( Pinus sylvestris ).

They are deciduous forests containing tree species such as Black Alder ( Alnus glutinosa subsp.

The regional tree is the Black Alder ( Alnus glutinosa ), the regional mammal is the Common Elk ( Alces alces alces ), the regional stone is the Vaasa granite and the regional song is " The march of Vaasa " (, ).

Alnus incana ( Grey Alder or Speckled Alder ) is a species of alder with a wide range across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

Native trees which dominate the park include Valley Oak ( Quercus lobata ), Blue Oak ( Q. douglasii ), Coast live oak ( Q. agrifolia ), Canyon Live Oak ( Q. chrysolepis ), Interior live oak ( Q. wislizenii ), Digger Pine ( Pinus sabiniana ), Ponderosa Pine ( P. ponderosa ), Pacific Madrone ( Arbutus menziesii ), California laurel ( Umbellularia californica ), California Buckeye ( Aesculus californica ), White Alder ( Alnus rhombifolia ), California Juniper ( Juniperus californica ), Blue Elderberry ( Sambucus mexicana ) and California Sycamore ( Platanus racemosa ).

* Alnus – Alder

Alnus cordata ( Italian Alder ) is a species of alder in the family Betulaceae, native to southern Italy ( including Sardinia ) and Corsica.

* Alnus – Alder

Alnus viridis ( Green Alder ) is an alder distributed widely across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

* Alnus – Alder

* Alnus, Alder

Alnus formosana, or Formosan Alder, is a species of alder native to Taiwan.

Alnus subcordata, Caucasian Alder, is a species in the family Betulaceae, native to temperate areas of Iran and the Caucasus.

* White Alder ( Alnus rhombifolia )