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Most of the text transferred to the newly made Black alder page, as it referred to that species in particular, rather than the genus as a whole MPF 18:51, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Query for Pollinator - can you check the identity of the photo please? - it looks like a Betula (birch) to me, judging by the female catkins MPF 18:05, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
There appears to be some confusion regarding Frankiella. Some references (such as [1]) have Frankiella as a synonym of Frankia. According to NCBI , however, ( [2]) Frankia and Frankiella are different organisms (the first is an actinomycete (despite the "-mycete" ending, it's a bacterium, not a fungus); the second is a eukaryote variously classified as a fungus or a protist.).
I don't know about Frankiella, but it seems clear by a Google search (see [3] for instance) that Frankia is present in the root nodules of Alnus spp.. Moreover to my knowledge only some prokaryotes can directly fix atmospheric nitrogen, so I would think that Frankia not Frankiella is the nitrogen-fixing symbiont of the root nodules.
I think therefore that Frankia belongs in the article. Comments ? Tjunier 16:55, 2004 Feb 24 (UTC)
There appears to be some confusion here: "The largest species is Red Alder (A. rubra), reaching 35 m (the tallest is 32 m) on the west coast of North America," If the tallest is 32 meters, how does it reach up to 35? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.207.169.132 ( talk) 01:52, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
why isn't there a picture of an alder tree??? pathetic xDD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.35.112.206 ( talk) 02:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
woodcock [timberdoodle] often forage in alder clumps; I have flushed a number of these lovely birds up from among alders over my years of hiking the uplands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.53.64 ( talk) 01:10, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
If I have identified the tree from the bits from the forest floor, the inner bark is excellent for making cordage, a subject little attended to. Aptitude Design 80.13.8.21 ( talk) 16:14, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
The map looks a bit suspect wrt the northern limits or the lack there of. Just saying. 84.250.167.86 ( talk) 17:43, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
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Most of the text transferred to the newly made Black alder page, as it referred to that species in particular, rather than the genus as a whole MPF 18:51, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Query for Pollinator - can you check the identity of the photo please? - it looks like a Betula (birch) to me, judging by the female catkins MPF 18:05, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
There appears to be some confusion regarding Frankiella. Some references (such as [1]) have Frankiella as a synonym of Frankia. According to NCBI , however, ( [2]) Frankia and Frankiella are different organisms (the first is an actinomycete (despite the "-mycete" ending, it's a bacterium, not a fungus); the second is a eukaryote variously classified as a fungus or a protist.).
I don't know about Frankiella, but it seems clear by a Google search (see [3] for instance) that Frankia is present in the root nodules of Alnus spp.. Moreover to my knowledge only some prokaryotes can directly fix atmospheric nitrogen, so I would think that Frankia not Frankiella is the nitrogen-fixing symbiont of the root nodules.
I think therefore that Frankia belongs in the article. Comments ? Tjunier 16:55, 2004 Feb 24 (UTC)
There appears to be some confusion here: "The largest species is Red Alder (A. rubra), reaching 35 m (the tallest is 32 m) on the west coast of North America," If the tallest is 32 meters, how does it reach up to 35? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.207.169.132 ( talk) 01:52, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
why isn't there a picture of an alder tree??? pathetic xDD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.35.112.206 ( talk) 02:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
woodcock [timberdoodle] often forage in alder clumps; I have flushed a number of these lovely birds up from among alders over my years of hiking the uplands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.53.64 ( talk) 01:10, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
If I have identified the tree from the bits from the forest floor, the inner bark is excellent for making cordage, a subject little attended to. Aptitude Design 80.13.8.21 ( talk) 16:14, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
The map looks a bit suspect wrt the northern limits or the lack there of. Just saying. 84.250.167.86 ( talk) 17:43, 17 June 2021 (UTC)