[Alders: The Genus Alnus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder

Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia

Male and female catkins of Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia) - Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia)

Male and female catkins as seen at left along the Klickitat Trail between the Fisher Hill Bridge and milepost 2.5, Klickitat County, WA.......February 7, 2015.The photo at right shows another close-up view of the male and female catkins of mountain alder as seen from the shoreline of the Deschutes River in the eastern Columbia River Gorge..........January 24, 2016.

Leaf of Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia) - Leaf bud of Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia)

Photos above showing a close-up view of the upper leaf surface as well as a leaf bud of mountain alder from the shoreline of the Deschutes River in the eastern Columbia River Gorge.........Spetember 29, 2007.

Ventral leaf surface of Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia) - Close-up of the ventral leaf surface of Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia)

Close-up views of the lower leaf surface of mountain alder as seen from the shoreline of the Deschutes River in the eastern Columbia River Gorge..........Spetember 29, 2007.

Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia) - Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Synonyms: Alnus incana var. occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Alnus tenuifolia)

Mountain alder beginning to bloom from the shoreline Drano Lake just east of Cook, WA.........January 17, 2022.

Paul Slichter