Betula alba L.
BETULACEAE
- Birch family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Betula alba L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 982. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
See: ► Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. pubescens
Images of Betula alba
Common names
U.S.
name:
Downy birch
English name: downy birch English name: white birch
Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. pubescens
= Betula pubescens Ehrh. var. pubescens
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Betula alba L. var. commutata Regel
2) Betula alba L. var. cordifolia (Regel) Regel
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Betula
Species:
Page counter: 93 ( AVG: 223.58 / 88.267 )
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Betula alba
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Betula alba
Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.
Betula alba
W.H. Shaffer - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Betula alba
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Betula alba
Picture modified from Gilg, Ernst; Schumann, Karl - Das Pflanzenreich Hausschatz des Wissens (1900) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.
Betula alba
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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More species:
1) Betula alba L. var. commutata Regel [139]
2) Betula alba L. var. cordifolia (Regel) Regel [90]
3) Betula alleghaniensis Britton [851]
4) Betula alleghaniensis Britton var. fallax (Fassett) Brayshaw [240]
5) Betula borealis Spach [348]
6) Betula glandulifera (Regel) Butler [152]
7) Betula japonica (Miq.) Siebold [95]
8) Betula lutea Michx. f. var. macrolepis Fernald [149]
9) Betula neoalaskana Sarg. var. kenaica (W.H. Evans) B. Boivin [200]
10) Betula papyrifera Marsh. var. neoalaskana (Sarg.) Raup [147]
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