Alder buckthorn
Frangula alnus
Veins in plain sight
Green alder-buckthorn leaves with visible veins on a slender branch. Compare this record with the reading about the species to explore shapes, habitats and changes through the year.
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- Habitat
- Woodland and scrub along banks, hedges and damp places, including under the canopy of oak woods.
- Name
- The Portuguese name sanguinho-de-água does not mean the shrub necessarily grows in the river itself.
General characteristics of the species; the photograph does not show every stage of the plant’s life cycle.
Portuguese Society of Botany — Flora-On, Frangula alnus: names and ecologyAccessed: .
Published location in Union of the parishes of Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas · checked against CAOP2025 boundaries.
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Community identification with degree of research in consultation with . Published point crossed with municipality limits; without independent confirmation in field.
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