Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Betula nigra L.


BETULACEAE Family selection - Birch family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Betula nigra L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 982. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: River birch
en English name: red birch
English name: river birch

Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

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


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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Arboretum del Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Paris, Ecole Du Breuil., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
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Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Arboretum del Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Paris, Ecole Du Breuil., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Arboretum del Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Paris, Ecole Du Breuil., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Joinville-le-Pont, Arboretum de l'Ecole Du Breuil / Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris, Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Joinville-le-Pont, Arboretum de l'Ecole Du Breuil / Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris, Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Betula nigra
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. - Not copyrighted image

Betula nigra
Betula nigra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Joinville-le-Pont, Arboretum de l'Ecole Du Breuil / Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris, Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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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 nigra
Betula nigra
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV)

Distributional map for Betula nigra L.
Map for Betula nigra 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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1) Betula occidentalis Hook. [660]
2) Betula occidentalis Hook. var. fecunda Fernald [147]
3) Betula odorata Bechst. [167]
4) Betula papyrifera Marsh. var. commutata (Regel) Fernald [154]
5) Betula papyrifera Marsh. var. neoalaskana (Sarg.) Raup [146]
6) Betula pendula Roth f. dalecarlica (L. f.) C.K. Schneid. [154]
7) Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. borealis (Spach) A. Löve & D. Löve [170]
8) Betula terrae-novae Fernald [91]
9) Betula x ungavensis Lepage [165]
10) Biatorella fossarum (Dufour) Th. Fr. [112]

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