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swamp alder
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the speckled alder, Alnus rugosa, common in wet areas from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia.
See: spotted alder
Quotations
1852
The inner bark of the swamp-alder, simply boiled in water, makes a beautiful red.
1925
[The] hedgerows of swamp alder which bordered the fields reminded [him] of the Marsh as it had been.
1952
. . . to our left, lay the woodsy thickets, the tall stands of spruce and fir and hemlock and cedar, patched and slashed by clumps of tangled swamp alder. . . .
2
a variety of this species found in Nova Scotia and the Eastern United States.
Quotations
1947
She talked of . . . the virtues of the bark of swamp alder, of wild ginger for stomach-ache. . . .
1956
The type form of this species is the common swamp alder, Alnus rugosa . . . found in Canada only in western Nova Scotia.