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|accepted_name=Rhamnus alnifolia
|accepted_authority=L'Héritier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sert. Angl.,
|place=3. 1789
|year=1789
}}
|common_names=Alderleaf buckthorn;American alder-buckthorn;dwarf alder;nerprun á feuilles d'aulne
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Rhamnus;Rhamnus alnifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhamnus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhamnus alnifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 46, 50
|treatment_page=page 49
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 0.5–1(–1.5) m, unarmed. <b>Branchlets</b> gray to brown, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate; petiole 5–15 mm; blade dark green to olive green on both surfaces, lanceolate-oblong to elliptic or lanceolate-ovate, 4.5–11 cm, herbaceous, base cuneate to rounded, truncate, or subcordate, margins crenate to crenate-serrate, apex obtuse to acute or acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or puberulent along veins, adaxial surface glabrous or glabrate; secondary veins (4–)5–7 pairs, all diverging at nearly same angle. <b>Inflorescences</b> fascicles or flowers solitary. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–10 mm. <b>Sepals</b> 5. <b>Petals</b> 0. <b>Drupes</b> black, globose or slightly elongate, 6–8 mm; stones 3.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Fens and swamps, generally calcareous, riparian thickets, interdunal swales, shore lines, marshes and mats, wet meadow edges, outcrops, deciduous and coniferous forests.
|elevation=10–2700 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Rhamnus alnifolia</i> is a primary host for the soybean aphid.</p>
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name=Rhamnus alnifolia
|author=
|authority=L'Héritier
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Fens and swamps, generally calcareous, riparian thickets, interdunal swales, shore lines, marshes and mats, wet meadow edges, outcrops, deciduous and coniferous forests.
|elevation=10–2700 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sert. Angl.,
|publication year=1789
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Rhamnus
|species=Rhamnus alnifolia
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