Betulaceae
Italian alder
Alnus cordata
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Alnus
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- النوس كورداتا
- Azerbaijani
- Ürəkşəkilli qızılağac
- Basque
- Italiar haltz, Haltz italiar
- Chinese
- 意大利桤木
- Corsican
- Piralzu
- Czech
- Olše srdčitá
- Danish
- Hjertebladet El
- Dutch
- Hartbladige els, Italiaanse els
- English
- Italian alder
- French
- Aulne d'Italie, Aulne de Corse, Aulne à feuilles en coeur, Aulne à feuilles en cœur
- German
- Herzblättrige Erle, Italienische Erle
- Italian
- Ontano napoletano
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Italiaor, Italiensk or
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Italiaor
- Polish
- Olsza sercowata
- Russian
- Ольха сердцевидная, Ольха итальянская
- Slovak
- Jelša srdcovitá
- Spanish
- Aliso, Aliso de hoja acorazonada, Aliso de Italia, Aliso de Napoles, Aliso de Nápoles, Aliso italiano, Aliso napolitano
- Turkish
- İtalya kızılağacı
- udm
- Сюлэм куаро лулпу
- Welsh
- Gwernen yr Eidal
Synonyms
- Alnus cordata f. parvifolia Callier
- Alnus cordata var. rotundifolia Dippel
- Alnus cordifolia Ten.
- Alnus cordifolia var. rotundifolia Regel
- Alnus macrocarpa Req. ex Nyman
- Alnus neapolitana Savi
- Alnus nervosa Dippel
- Alnus obcordata C.A.Mey. ex Steud.
- Alnus rotundifolia Bertol.
- Betula cordata Loisel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sten alias Mosepors at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Alnus
- Black alderAlnus glutinosaBetulaceae
- Grey alderAlnus incanaBetulaceae
- European green alderAlnus alnobetulaBetulaceae
- Red alderAlnus rubraBetulaceae
- Japanese alderAlnus japonicaBetulaceae
- Andean alderAlnus acuminataBetulaceae
- Nepal alderAlnus nepalensisBetulaceae
- Caucasian alderAlnus subcordataBetulaceae
- Seaside alderAlnus maritimaBetulaceae
- White alderAlnus rhombifoliaBetulaceae
- Formosan alderAlnus formosanaBetulaceae
- Evergreen alderAlnus jorullensisBetulaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.