New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Mexican Alder |
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Arizona Alder |
| Plant Habit: | Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 25 to 100 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 25 to 60 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Other: 1/2 inch woody, cone-like; green maturing to reddish brown, Each cone contains numerous winged seeds. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Other: Persisting through winter. |
| Flower Color: | Green Other: 2 to 3 inch long catkins bearing 1/4 inch green to reddish-green flowers. |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Shade Tree |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
| Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
