Green alder

Family Betulaceae. Carpathians, Western Europe. Present in the Carpathian Reserve. Grows on sandy loam, clayey, gravelly, peaty soils, forming shrubby thickets.

Tree up to 20 m high. Shrub, at 11 years height 4.1 m, diameter of the crown 3.8 m. Vegetates from 28.IV19 to 14.Х±6 for 168 days. In the first 3 years the growth rate is average. Flowers and bears fruit from 5 years. Blooms from 17.V to 3O.V±9 for 13 days. Fruits ripen 22.1Х±23. Fully winter-hardy. Rooting 30% of summer