Alder
Hardwood timber from trees in the genus Alnus, commercially cut across the temperate forests of North America and Europe.
How it connects
Alder is a kind of Hardwood.
Alder is filed under Wood.
Other kinds of Hardwood: Acacia, Afrormosia, Angelique, Anigre, Ash, Balau, Balsa, Basswood, Beech, Birch, Bubinga, Cherry, Chestnut, Cumaru, Ebony, Elm, Eucalyptus, Garapa, Hickory, Ipe, Iroko, Jatoba, Kempas, Limba, Madrone, Mahogany, Makore, Maple, Merbau, Mesquite, Oak, Padauk, Paulownia, Pear, Poplar, Purpleheart, Rosewood, Rubberwood, Sapele, Sucupira, Sweetgum, Sycamore, Teak, Tigerwood, American tulipwood, Walnut, Wenge and Zebrawood.
In other taxonomies
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
49 terms, Oak to Zebrawood
Record
- Broader
- Hardwood
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); USDA Wood Handbook (2021), chapter 2, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/alderKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderHardwoodoutgoing
- narrowerHardwoodincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Hardwoodoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Woodoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acaciaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Afrormosiaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Angeliqueoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Anigreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ashoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Balauoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Balsaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Basswoodoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Beechoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Birchoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Bubingaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cherryoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Chestnutoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cumaruoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ebonyoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Elmoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Eucalyptusoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Garapaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Hickoryoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ipeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Irokooutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jatobaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Kempasoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Limbaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Madroneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mahoganyoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Makoreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mapleoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Merbauoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mesquiteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Oakoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Padaukoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Paulowniaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pearoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Poplaroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Purpleheartoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Rosewoodoutgoing
This page is bounded; use the public graph endpoint for a larger projection.
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Alder | alder via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |