Alnus incana (L.) Moench
(Grey Alder)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Alnus incana (Grey Alder)
Genus	Alnus (alders)
Family	BETULACEAE (birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Alnus incana is also a member of:
Trees with bark of pH 5.2-6.6 - slightly acid-barked trees (via Alnus)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Alnus)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees with bark of low pH - acid-barked trees (via Trees with bark of pH 5.2-6.6)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Trees with bark of low pH)
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Betulaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Fagales)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Records of Alnus incana (Grey Alder) :
1: Alnus incana (Grey Alder)
22 Feb 1998	OSGR: SU57	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
Flowers nearly over.
$Image 4: Last year\'s fruits$

Alnus incana (Grey Alder) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Alnus
(alders)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alnus incana (Grey Alder)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alnus incana (Grey Alder)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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