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Alder
Family, Genus: Betulaceae, Alnus
| Size | 19 - 30 um | |
| Shape | equatorial angular, oblate-spheroidal | |
| Exine | 1.4 - 2 um thick | |
| Intine | less than 1 um thick | |
| Pores | most exclusively 5, however sometimes 4 or 6, aspidate with distinct oncus | |
| Sculpting | scabrate | |
| Bloom Period | April to late May | |
| Allergenicity | moderate to strongly allergenic |
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Dr. M. Davis images:
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References:
Bassett, John, Clifford Crompton and John Parmelee. An Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains and Common Fungus Spores of Canada. Canada Department of Agriculture, 1978.
Jelks, Mary, M.D. Allergy Plants that Cause Sneezing and Wheezing. World Wide Printing, Tampa, 1986.
Kapp, Ronald O. Pollen and Spores, Second Edition. The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, 2000.
Lewis, Walter H., Prathibha Vinay and Vincent E. Zenger. Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1983.
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