Frangula alnus
Alder buckthorn; Glossy Buckthorn
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| English | Alder buckthorn; Glossy Buckthorn | |
| Français | Bourdaine | |
| Italiano | Frangola comune | |
| Suomi | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Norsk | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Čeština | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Español | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Svenska | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Polski | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Український | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Român | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Русский | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Български | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| EESTI | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| 日本語 | Faulbaum, Echter Faulbaum; Schiessbeere; Pulverholz | |
| Other names |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Mittelmeergebiet; Northern Africa; Mittlerer Osten | |||
| States and Territories | Austria; Liechtenstein; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Channel Isl. [I]; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Denmark; Finland; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Ireland; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Netherlands; Hungary; Norway; Poland; Romania; Sweden; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia & Kosovo; Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece; European Turkey; Crimea; Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco; N-European Russia; C-European Russia; W-European Russia; E-European Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; Ukraine; Northern Caucasus; Armenia; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan; Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; China (N-Xinjiang); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); European Turkey; Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran); Syria (coastal W-Syria); USA [I] (Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], Iowa [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kentucky [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Nebraska [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], Tennessee [I], Vermont [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I], Wyoming [I]); Canada [I] (Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I], Saskatchewan [I]) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| Swiss wood | Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Rosales | |||
| Family | Rhamnaceae | |||
| Genus | Frangula | |||
| Species | alnus | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Frangula alnus L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | halbringporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/rharhfra.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 0.55-0.6 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Twigs
, Twigs , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
Fall Leaves
, Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson