Taxon: Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC.

Summary

Genus:

Alnus

Family:

Betulaceae

Subfamily:

Betuloideae

Nomen number:

2483

Place of publication:

J. B. P. A. M. de Lamarck & A. P. de Candolle, Fl. franç. ed. 3, 2:304. 1805

Comment:

the name Alnus alnobetula (Ehrh.) K. Koch, based on Betula alnobetula Ehrh. (1783) has priority over A. viridis (Chaix) DC., based on B. viridis Chaix (1786); nevertheless, A. viridis is retained here until all infraspecific taxa are accounted for under A. alnobetula

Verified:

02/02/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

3 (2 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill (4 active accession[s])
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. fruticosa (Rupr.) Nyman (0 active accession[s])
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. maximowiczii (Callier) D. Löve (3 active accession[s])
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. sinuata (Regel) Á. Löve & D. Löve (3 active accession[s])
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. suaveolens (Req.) P. W. Ball (0 active accession[s])
Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC. subsp. viridis (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Links

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 63-64.
Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1193.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
Furlow, J. J. 1979. The systematics of the American species of Alnus (Betulaceae). Rhodora 81:197. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Murai, S. 1964. Phytotaxonomical and geobotanical studies on genusAlnus in Japan. III. Taxonomy of whole world species and distribution of each section. Bull. Gov. Forest Exp. Sta., Meguro 171:36-37.
Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	green alder		1	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English (Canada)	green alder	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 63-64.
French	aulne vert		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1193.
French (Canada)	aulne vert	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 63-64.
German	Grün-Erle		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1193.
Swedish	björkal		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Hokkaidô		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea, South			Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia		n.e.	Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Habarovskij kraj		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kamčatskij kraj		Furlow, J. J. 1979. The systematics of the American species of Alnus (Betulaceae). Rhodora 81:197. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kurile Islands		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Magadanskaja oblast'		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Buryatia		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chita		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kemerovskaja oblast'		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tomsk		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyva, Respublika		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Yakutia-Sakha		Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Arkhangelsk	n.	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kirov		Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Komi		Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Perm		Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		w.	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany		s.	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary		w.	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland		s.	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		n.	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	North Macedonia			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia			Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica	Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Prince Edward Island		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming	n.w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California	n.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Northwest Territories		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Yukon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Greenland		s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.

Native
Asia-Temperate

SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast', Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha]
MONGOLIA: Mongolia (n.e.)
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Kamčatskij kraj, Habarovskij kraj, Kurile Islands, Magadanskaja oblast', Primorye, Sakhalin]
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu], Korea, South

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany (s.), Hungary (w.), Poland (s.)
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Komi, Arkhangelsk (n.), Kirov, Perm], Ukraine (w.)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy (n.), North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica)

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories, Yukon], Greenland (s.), United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (n.w.)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [North Carolina (w.), Tennessee]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (n.)]

Reference(s)

FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) DC.
Furlow, J. J. 1979. The systematics of the American species of Alnus (Betulaceae). Rhodora 81:197. Note: lists as Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC.
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation) Note: treats subsp. fruticosa as Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore		Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2483. Accessed 17 April 2026.