Alder is the common name of ''Alnus'', a genus of shrubs and small trees.
Alder may also refer to:
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Alder (surname) Alder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alan Alder (1937–2019), Australian ballet dancer
* Alison Alder (born 1958), Australian screenprinter
* Berni Alder (1925–2020), German-born American physicist
* Christian Alder ...
Places
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Alder, Colorado
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Alder, Montana
Alder is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Montana, United States. The population was 86 at the 2020 census. The community takes its name from Alder Creek (named by Henry Edgar in 1863), the site of the second major gold disco ...
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Alder, Oregon, United States
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Alder, Washington
Alder is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 227 at the 2010 census. The community is located along the shore of Alder Lake on State Route Highway 7 near the entrance to Mount Rainier N ...
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Alders Brook
The Alders Brook is a small tributary of the River Roding. The name derives from Middle English meaning "brook where alders grow" and is first recorded in 1535; previously it was the site of a farmstead known as ''Nakethalle'' or ''Nagethalle'', li ...
, a small tributary of the River Roding
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Alder Creek (disambiguation) Alder Creek may refer to:
*Alder Creek (Los Angeles County, California)
*Alder Creek (Mariposa County, California)
*Alder Creek (Nevada County, California)
* Alder Creek (Sacramento County, California)
* Alder Creek (Siskiyou County, California)
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Alder River, Nova Scotia
Alder River is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County
Guysborough County is a county in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian pro ...
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Des Aulnes River (Laflamme River)
The Des Aulnes River (English: Alders River) is a tributary of the west bank of the Laflamme river, flowing in the municipality of Barraute, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Abitibi, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamin ...
(English: Alders River), Quebec, Canada
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Alder (crater)
Alder is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the South Pole-Aitken basin, and lies to the southeast of the crater Von Kármán. Southeast of Alder is Bose, and to the ...
, lunar crater
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Alder (Pendragon series)
''Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space'', commonly known as ''Pendragon'', is a series of ten young-adult science fiction and fantasy novels by American author D. J. MacHale, published from 2002 to 2009. The series chronic ...
, a fictional character in ''The Pendragon Adventure''
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Dwarf alder (disambiguation) Dwarf alder may refer to various plants:
*''Rhamnus alnifolia'', native to North America
*''Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa''
*''Fothergilla major
''Fothergilla major'', the large witch alder or mountain witch alder, is a species of flowering ...
, common name of several plants
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Witch alder
''Fothergilla'' (witch alder) is a genus of two to four species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to woodland and swamps of the southeastern United States.
They are low-growing deciduous shrubs growing to tall with downy ...
, plants of genus ''Fothergilla''
* A shortened form of ''Aldernalisuvara'', an alternative name of the Hindu deity
Ardhanari
The Ardhanarishvara ( sa, अर्धनारीश्वर, Ardhanārīśvara, the half-female Lord, translit-std=IAST), is a form of the Hindu deity Shiva combined with his consort Parvati. Ardhanarishvara is depicted as half-male and half ...
particularly used by Japanese
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Alder (Pokémon), the champion of the Unova League in ''Pokémon Black'' and ''White''
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Alders (surname)
Alders and Aalders are Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Aldert/Aaldert", a Dutch version of the name Adelard. People with that name include:
People Alders
* (1946–2010), Dutch author
* Hans Alders (born 1950), Dutch politician
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See also
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Alda (disambiguation)
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Elder (disambiguation)
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