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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxviij. 758 The blacke Aller groweth not lyke a tree, neyther waxeth it very great, but it bringeth foorth many long straight roddes, whiche doo diuide them selues agayne in other small twigges.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xxxvii. 240 The black Aller or Alder tree, riseth seldome to be of any great bignesse, but for the most part abideth like a hedge, bush or tree, spreading into branches.

1758 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry (ed. 2) I. iv. xlix. 379 The black alder, whose berries are mixed among those of buckthorn at the markets, is a little shrub no way allied to the right alder, except in the shape of the leaf.

1803 A. F. M. Willich & J. Mease Domest. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) IV. 332/1 at Prinos This tree is commonly called black alder, or Virginia winter-berry. It grows in moist places, generally sending up several slender stalks.

1882 Jrnl. Forestry July 178 The alder buckthorn, or black alder, as Rhamnus Frangula is more often called..gives off its branches alternately on either side of the stem.

1902 E. J. Parry & J. H. Coste Chem. Pigments 231 A similar but poorer green is prepared from the black alder (R. frangula) and the evergreen privet.

1973 Vermont Life Fall 44/1 Among shrubs and flowering plants within the swamp are mountain holly, withe rod, black alder..and starflower.

2008 B. Damrosch Garden Primer 634/2 One is winterberry (I. verticillata), also called black alder, which..bears bright red berries that remain on the twigs for a good part of the winter.