| Identification | Food & Medicinal Uses | Web Page Links | Online Videos | References |
| Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | Hamamelididae |
| Order | Fagales |
| Family | Betulaceae – Birch family |
| Genus | Alnus Mill. – alder |
| Species | Alnus incana (L.) Moench – gray alder |
| Subspecies | Alnus incana (L.) Moench ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) R.T. Clausen – speckled alder |
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Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman Timber Press, c1998 ISBN: 0881924539 |
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Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to Eastern Indian Tribes by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown Dover Publications, c1989 ISBN: 048625951X |
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Peterson Field Guide for Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America by Lee Allen Peterson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (c1999) ISBN: 039592622X |
