Betula lenta L.

BETULACEAE

- Birch family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Betula lenta L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 983. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Sweet birch

English name: black birch

English name: cherry birch

Spanish name: bétula dulce

French name: bouleau

German name: Zuckerbirke

Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Betula lenta L. ssp. uber (Ashe) E. Murray
2) Betula lenta L. var. uber Ashe

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Betula
Species:

Page counter: 1227 ( AVG: 222.23 / 291.354 )

Gallery:

Betula lenta
W.D. Brush - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Betula lenta
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 609.

Betula lenta
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Tremezzo, Giardini di Villa Carlotta, CO, Lombardia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Betula lenta
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image

Betula lenta
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Betula lenta
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

Betula lenta
W.D. Brush - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CT, DE, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)

Distributional map for Betula lenta L.
Map for Betula lenta L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Betula lenta L. var. uber Ashe [91]
2) Betula lutea Michx. f. var. fallax Fassett [184]
3) Betula lutea Michx. f. var. macrolepis Fernald [148]
4) Betula mandshurica (Regel) Nakai var. japonica (Miq.) Rehder [139]
5) Betula nana L. [1320]
6) Betula nigra L. [371]
7) Betula papyrifera Marsh. [1837]
8) Betula pendula Roth [1306]
9) Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. pubescens [350]
10) Betula x caerulea-grandis Blanch. [153]

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