A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.
This wood is very durable in water and not so durable in dry conditions. Historically it was used a lot in pumps, piles and sluices.
Durable wood native to northern Europe which polishes to a flesh-colour, knotty finish. It is an easy wood to turn, and was used in the 18th and 19th centuries for country furniture, occasionally for the turned members of Windsor chairs.
Hard, strong wood that seasons easily, works well, is easily stained to imitate walnut and mahogany. It has a maple-like figure
Leppä Al Alnus
(Alnus glutinosa) Orangey brown, turns and finishes well.
A druid sacred tree. A whistle made of Alder is the basis for the old superstition of whistling up the wind.
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the rot-resistant wood
a tree or a shrub, depending on which part of the world it's growing in
A hard strong wood resembling maple, easily stained to imitate darker woods.
Alnus Katsuratree Cercidiphyllum
a deciduous shrub or tree of the birch family, with toothed leaves, growing in a cool climate
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
a wood sometimes used in making chairs of common variety; it grows in England on swampy ground and is of orange yellow colour. The bark is used for dyeing.
Strong hard, wood similar to maple, readily accepts stains imitating darker woods.
Any of several species of large rough shrubs belonging to the genus Alnus. Two of the most common of North Woods shrubs are Green Alder ( Alnus crispa) and Speckled Alder ( Alnus incana). From the Old English alor,aler. Wadôp in the Ojibwe.
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants (Alnus) belonging to the birch family (Family Betulaceae). The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate zone, and in the New World also along the Andes southwards to Chile. The leaves are deciduous (not evergreen), alternate, simple, and serrated.