Alnus rhombifolia (White Alder) Tree Pyramidal when young

Pyramidal when young

Fruit is spherical and dark red to black

The high carbon tool steel

spreading multi stemmed shrub

The drooping 4-8 in lilac-like cluster is composed of multitudes of tiny creamy white flowers giving off a pleasant fragrance from a distance

Alnus rhombifolia (White Alder) Tree Pyramidal when youngPlant Description: This is a fast growing tree with a symmetrical canopy. It has horizontal branches with pendulous tips and attractive silver gray bark. The crown is a pyramidal shape in younger trees and becomes more oval with age. The green to yellow leaves are elliptic to oblong with finely serrated margins not rolled under. They are thicker and more leathery than other alders. Drooping greenish yellow male catkins, in clusters of 2 5, bloom