Hazel Alder

It forms root nodules with a symbiont fungus to fix its own nitrogen; so it grows well in poor or sterile soil. Its persistent fruit looks like a very small pine cone.



Informal specimen plant or could be used as a mass planting or hedge in moist areas. It is usually a multi-stemmed tall shrub.

Tolerant of inundation with brackish water



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

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Browsed by deer.

Swamps, river floodplains.

• Interesting bark, Showy flowers