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|accepted_name=Alnus serrulata
|accepted_authority=(Aiton) Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4(1): 336. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Smooth alder;hazel alder
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Betula serrulata
|authority=Aiton
|publication_title=Hort. Kew.
|publication_place=1: 338. 1789
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alnus noveboracensis
|authority=Britton
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|name=Alnus rubra
|authority=Desfontaines ex Spach
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|name=Alnus rugosa var. serrulata
|authority=(Aiton) Winkler
}}
|hierarchy=Betulaceae;Betulaceae subfam. Betuloideae;Alnus;Alnus serrulata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Betulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Betulaceae subfam. Betuloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alnus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Alnus serrulata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> open to rather densely ascending, to 10 m. <b>Bark</b> light gray, smooth; lenticels small, inconspicuous. <b>Winter</b> buds stipitate, ellipsoid to obovoid, 3–6 mm, apex mostly rounded; stalks 2–4 mm; scales 2, equal, valvate, moderately to heavily resin-coated. <b>Leaf</b> blade broadly elliptic to obovate, 5–14 × 3.5–8 cm, leathery, base broadly to narrowly cuneate, margins flat, serrulate, without noticeably larger secondary teeth, apex obtuse to rounded; surfaces abaxially glabrous to moderately villous, slightly to moderately resin-coated. <b>Inflorescences</b> formed season before flowering and exposed during winter; staminate catkins in 1 or more clusters of 2–5, 3–8.5 cm, stamens 4; pistillate catkins in 1 or more clusters of 3–5. <b>Flowering</b> before new growth in spring. <b>Infructescences</b> ovoid-ellipsoid, 1–2.2 × 0.6–1.2 cm; peduncles 1–3(–5) mm. <b>Samaras</b> obovate, wings narrower than body, irregularly elliptic or obovate, leathery. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Stream banks, ditches, edges of sloughs, swampy fields and bogs, and lakeshores
|elevation=0–800 m
|distribution=N.S.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Primarily an Atlantic coastal species, <i>Alnus serrulata</i> also grows along the St. Lawrence river system and the lower Great Lakes westward to the dunes of southern Lake Michigan, and across the southern states to the Gulf Coast and east Texas. <i>Alnus serrulata</i> was erroneously called <i>A. rugosa</i> in a number of earlier floristic works (J. K. Small 1903, 1933; N. L. Britton and A. Brown 1896, 1913; and B. L. Robinson and M. L. Fernald 1908), and the mistake was perpetuated in both editions of Flora Europaea (T. G. Tutin et al. 1964–1980, vol. 1; 1993+, vol. 1).</p><!--
--><p><i>Alnus incana </i>subsp.<i> rugosa</i> hybridizes with <i>A. serrulata</i> (= <i>Alnus serrulata</i> var. subelliptica Fernald). Extensive hybrid swarms occur where the ranges of these species overlap, including the area along the St. Lawrence River and the southern edge of the Great Lakes (F. L. Steele 1961). R. H. Woodworth's conclusion (1929, 1930) that apomixis occurs in <i>A. serrulata</i> resulted from his use of material selected from a hybrid swarm. The remainder of the species appears to reproduce normally. The two species and their hybrids are usually easily distinguished by leaf shape and margin characters.</p><!--
--><p>Various preparations of <i>Alnus serrulata</i> were used medicinally by Native Americans to alleviate pain of childbirth, as a blood tonic, an emetic and purgative, for coughs and fevers, to stimulate kidneys, to bathe hives or piles, for eye troubles, indigestion, biliousness, jaundice, heart trouble, mouth soreness in babies, and toothaches, to lower blood pressure, and to clear milky urine (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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name=Alnus serrulata
|author=
|authority=(Aiton) Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Alnus noveboracensis;Alnus rubra;Alnus rugosa var. serrulata
|basionyms=Betula serrulata
|family=Betulaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Stream banks, ditches, edges of sloughs, swampy fields and bogs, and lakeshores
|elevation=0–800 m
|distribution=N.S.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Betulaceae subfam. Betuloideae
|genus=Alnus
|species=Alnus serrulata
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