I was planting European Alder in one of the marshes. European Alder fixes nitrogen, grows fast, the stems are as straight as arrows, the wood is rot resistant, the wood makes charcoal useful for blackpowder and the bark is peeled and used as an ingredient in throat lozenges.
Not bad for a tree that thrives in very wet environments.
Wild duck?
ReplyDeleteEuro alder is invasive.
ReplyDeleteInvasiveness is a spectrum.
DeleteMy dilemma is that wet areas are turning into monocultures of Silver Maple. Elm and ash are hammered.
Euro alder cannot out-compete most native trees on dry land. Euro alder is very shade intolerant. Euro alder does not sucker.