Nepalese Alder

• Middle Hills

Flowers inOctober, November

• 01Alder roots make their own fertiliser by working with bacteria that pull nitrogen from the air.
• 02Farmers plant it around fields because it makes the soil better rather than poorer.

• Landslides

  How serious2/5

  Alder heals landslide ground, but when slides come faster than the trees can grow, the hillside never recovers.

• Plant a tree that belongs here

  A native tree feeds local birds and insects in a way an imported one never can. Choose one that already grows wild near you.

• Start a school nursery

  One nursery can grow hundreds of seedlings a year. This is the single biggest thing a class can do together.

Scientific name

Alnus nepalensis

Family

Betulaceae