AusBonsai

I came across this today and would like to know what species it is. My guess is some sort of alder, but I'm not sure exactly what kind, and whether or not it is deciduous - as you can see from the photo the foliage is still very much a rich green colour.




It doesn't seem to have the catkins as male/female alders tend to have, but maybe its just a young specimen?
I may have been a little hasty, but because the vigorous roots had broken through the bottom of the pot and were growing outside it, I decided to take my chances and slip pot it this afternoon. I know It probably would have been best to wait until spring, whatever species it is, but fingers crossed it will be ok.

Thanks in advance

James

hey james ,
stab in the dark i reckon its a evergreen alder .i had one once but died when i left my trees under the care of someone else .
they are very vigourous and love water dont let him dry out.

Alnus jorullensis thanks to google

Hi rawhide,

I have a few Alder growing down south on the coast, ground grown, almost 40 feeet high !!

This specimen looks the same, though I do not know its specific botanical name.

It NEVER losses its leaves, though I tend to put that down the the temperate climate there.

I have known of evergreen Alder, but after doing some searching on line ( thank you Wikipedia), the evergreen Alder shown there looks nothing like mine, nor yours.

As an aside i went for a long drive today though the mountains and was amazed by the variation of autumn colour as well as how many trees wre still in full green.

I was also in Canberra last weekend (the clodest seven days since 1972 !!) and witnessed the same.

What can I say ?.........Micro climates do exist, and perhaps this tree, when it was in the nursery was in on as well?

Perhaps another season will shed more light, as well as leaves on this tree ?


Regards,


Paul.


ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnus_jorullensis"

G,day Paul ,

I totally agree on micro climates i see it all the time even in my own yard just with the japanese maples ,some are near bare and others are still just starting to show colour .
We went to a nursary today just to get out of the house and i was eyeing off some evergreen alders and the leaves looked very simialer to the pictures that james has posted , but like you say climates can give a different perspective .just an another obsticle we face


edit just remembered I have one in the front yard its 5 years old and has a trunk of 10 inches ,250mm for the metrics out there

Well there we go...........

Perhaps another well worn saying...?

Cant see the forest for the trees !!?

Regards,


Paul

its bloody cold down here too Paul ,
coldest May for years ,4 days of frost ,checked my trees yestedy morn and medium my trees grow in was frozen solid couldn,t put a screw driver in the soil
roll on spring

Probably an Alnus Cordata which are semi deciduous.