Lexic.us

Definition of Mountain alder

1. Noun. Small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Alder

Literary usage of Mountain alder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"mountain alder Alnus sinuata. Birch Family A small tree or shrub. ... The Mountain Alder has rather dark bark, and bright green leaves, ..."

2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"mountain alder. Small tree or shrub 8 to 14 feet high; leaves roundish to ... The mountain alder forms thickets on wet hillsides or in moist hollows at 5000 ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... of the smooth alder {Alnus serrulate!, found from south New England to Wisconsin. Kentucky, and Florida, is used in dyeing. The green or mountain alder ..."

4. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"mountain alder. Alnus tenuifolia Nuttall. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. mountain alder has no distinctive field name, but is called simply " alder. ..."

5. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"The mountain alder follows the courses of mountain streams, and flourishes on cool springy hillsides from Alaska, and BC south through the Rocky Mts. to N. ..."

6. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"mountain alder Alnus sinuata. Birch Family A small tree or shrub. ... The Mountain Alder has rather dark bark, and bright green leaves, ..."

7. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"mountain alder. Small tree or shrub 8 to 14 feet high; leaves roundish to ... The mountain alder forms thickets on wet hillsides or in moist hollows at 5000 ..."

8. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... of the smooth alder {Alnus serrulate!, found from south New England to Wisconsin. Kentucky, and Florida, is used in dyeing. The green or mountain alder ..."

9. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"mountain alder. Alnus tenuifolia Nuttall. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. mountain alder has no distinctive field name, but is called simply " alder. ..."

10. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"The mountain alder follows the courses of mountain streams, and flourishes on cool springy hillsides from Alaska, and BC south through the Rocky Mts. to N. ..."

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