Plant Description
Deciduous shrub - tree 15 to 20 feet tall, leaves alternate, simple, elliptical in shape with finely toothed margins; flowers appearing in late winter before the leaves, of separate sexes, male flowers in long, drooping yellowish catkins, female flowers tiny, red, at tips of branches; fruits dark, cone like.

Alnus serrulata , Tag alder

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