Betulaceae
Black alder
Alnus glutinosa
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Alnus
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Common names
By language (74)
- aeb
- عود, عود أحمر
- ang
- Fūla bēam, Fūle trēo
- Arabic
- نغت دبق, حمرايه, حورة, حورة رومية
- arz
- النوس دبق
- Asturian
- Umeru
- azb
- عادی قیزیل آغاج
- Azerbaijani
- Adi qızılağac
- ba
- Ҡара ерек
- Basque
- Haltz beltz, Haltz arrunt
- Belarusian
- Вольха чорная, Вольха клейкая
- Bosnian
- Crna joha
- Bulgarian
- Черна елша
- Cantonese
- 普通赤楊
- Catalan
- Vern, Arbre negre, Aulne glutineux, Verns
- Chinese
- 欧洲桤木, 欧洲赤杨, 歐洲桤木, 普通赤杨
- Corsican
- Alzu
- Croatian
- Crna joha
- csb
- Czôrnô òlszô
- cv
- Хура çирĕк
- Czech
- Olše lepkavá
- Danish
- Rød-El, Rødel
- Dutch
- Zwarte els
- English
- Black alder, European alder, Common alder, Alder, European black alder
- Esperanto
- Nigra alno, Alno nigra
- Estonian
- Sanglepp, Must lepp
- Finnish
- Tervaleppä
- French
- Aulne glutineux, Aulne noir, Aulne poisseux, Aune, Vergne, Verne
- Galician
- Abeneiro, Amieiro, Ameneiro
- Georgian
- Შავი მურყანი
- German
- Schwarz-Erle, Schwarz Erle, Schwarzerle, Aulne glutineux
- Greek
- Άλνος ο κολλώδης, Κλήθρα η κολλώδης
- Hebrew
- אלמון שחור
- hsb
- Łučna wólša
- Hungarian
- Mézgás éger, Enyves éger
- Icelandic
- Rauðölur
- Indonesian
- Tuska hitam
- io
- Frangulo
- Italian
- Ontano nero, Ontano comune
- Japanese
- ヨーロッパハンノキ, セイヨウヤマハンノキ
- kab
- Asɣaṛsif
- Kazakh
- Jabısqaq qandıağaş, Жабысқақ қандыағаш, جابىسقاق قاندىاعاش
- koi
- Сьӧд ловпу
- Korean
- 검은오리나무
- kw
- Gwern, Gwernen
- Latvian
- Melnalksnis
- Lithuanian
- Juodalksnis, Aulne glutineux, Juodasis alksnis
- lld
- Aunic
- Luxembourgish
- Alenter
- Macedonian
- Црна евла, Евла, Обична евла
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svartor, Svart-or
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Svartor
- os
- Сау фæрв
- Persian
- توسکای سیاه
- Polish
- Olsza czarna, Olcha czarna
- Portuguese
- Amieiro
- Romanian
- Arin, Arinul negru
- Romansh
- Ogn nair
- Russian
- Ольха чёрная, Ольха европейская, Ольха клейкая, Ольха черная, Черная ольха
- Serbian
- Црна јова
- Serbian (Latin)
- Crna joha, Crna jova
- sgs
- Joudasā alksnis, Joudasis alksnis
- Slovak
- Jelša lepkavá
- Slovenian
- Črna jelša, Evropska jelša, Navadna jelša
- Spanish
- Aliso común, Alberniz, Aleso, Alisio, Alisu, Alno, Alyso, Auno
- Swedish
- Klibbal, Albark, Aulne glutineux, Grönal
- Turkish
- Adi kızılağaç
- udm
- Сьӧд лулпу, Клей лулпу
- Ukrainian
- Вільха чорна, Вільха клейка, Чорна вільха
- vec
- Onaro moro, Ònaro nero, Onaro nero
- vls
- Zwarte elze
- vro
- Must lepp
- Walloon
- Noer ônea
- Welsh
- Gwernen
- wuu
- 普通赤杨
Synonyms
- Alnus aurea hort. ex K.Koch
- Alnus emarginata Krock. ex Steud.
- Alnus glutinosa f. aurea Verschaff. ex Dippel
- Alnus glutinosa f. imperialis Dippel
- Alnus glutinosa f. incisa (Willd.) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Alnus glutinosa f. laciniata (Aiton) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Alnus glutinosa f. longipediculata A.Braun ex H.J.P.Winkl.
- Alnus glutinosa f. parvifolia Kuntze
- Alnus glutinosa f. quercifolia (Willd.) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Alnus glutinosa f. quercifolia Willd.
- Alnus glutinosa var. vulgaris Spach
- Alnus imperialis hort. ex Dippel
- Alnus vulgaris Hill
- Betula alnus subsp. glutinosa (L.) Ehrh.
- Betula alnus var. glutinosa L.
- Betula glutinosa (L.) Lam.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nikanos, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nikanos, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Lidine Mia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Alnus
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- 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.