Handbook of Energy Crops. Van Steenis has elected to include Alnus japonica as a synonym of Alnus maritime . He notes that it has been planted for reafforestation purposes on eroded slopes in the Philippines. Amerindians had a wide array of uses for alder, for dyestuffs, insect repellant or insecticide, but mostly for folk medicine. The young bark and winter buds are popular nibbles with country boys, not alone for their tolerable flavor, but particularly for the beautiful, olive-brown saliva produced.
Bees use the pollen to rear their spring broods.
None of these uses were specific to Alnus maritime . None of these are specific to Alnus maritima , just generic. Chemistry Alnus serrulata is said to contain a sedoheptulose. Germplasm Reported from the American Center of Diversity, seaside alder, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate frost, poor soil, and some salinity and waterlogging. Perhaps they did not distinguish the species from other alders that they used.