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Betula populifolia, known as the gray (or grey) birch, is a deciduous tree in the family Betulaceae. It is native to eastern North America and is most commonly found in the northeast United States as well as southern Quebec , New Brunswick , and Nova Scotia . [ 1 ]
Betula alleghaniensis, the yellow birch, [2] golden birch, [3] or swamp birch, [4] is a large tree and an important lumber species of birch native to northeastern North America. Its vernacular names refer to the golden color of the tree's bark. [5] In the past its scientific name was Betula lutea, the yellow birch.
Conservation status Hardwoods; Aceraceae: maple family; Acer: maples; Acer amplum: broad maple ... gray birch Betulaceae (birch family) 379 Betula pubescens: downy birch
American Beech,White Oak, Northern Red Oak, Gray birch [43] New York: Catskill Mountains [15] 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) or more [15] Allegheny Highlands forests: New York: Adirondack Mountains [15] 150,000 acres (61,000 ha) or more [15] Eastern forest-boreal transition: New York: Thain Family Forest [15] 50 acres (20 ha) or more [15] Northern ...
Betula pubescens is known as downy birch, with other common names including moor birch, white birch, European white birch or hairy birch. [3] It is a deciduous tree growing to 10 to 20 m (33 to 66 ft) tall (rarely to 27 m), with a slender crown and a trunk up to 70 cm (28 in) (exceptionally 1 m) in diameter, with smooth but dull grey-white bark ...
The twigs are yellow-brown to dark-brown and are dotted with resin glands and gray lenticels. [2] They lack the hairs found on Betula papyrifera. [4] The flowers are catkins, with pollen catkins 2–4 cm long and seed catkins 1–2 cm long. The seed catkins mature to about 3–5 cm long and bear winged nutlets about 2–3 mm long. [3]
Betula neoalaskana (syn. B. resinifera) or Alaska birch, also known as Alaska paper birch or resin birch, is a species of birch native to Alaska and northern Canada.Its range covers most of interior Alaska, and extends from the southern Brooks Range to the Chugach Range in Alaska, including the Turnagain Arm and northern half of the Kenai Peninsula, eastward from Norton Sound through the Yukon ...
Betula nigra, the black birch, river birch or water birch, is a species of birch native to the Eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and west to Texas. It is one of the few heat-tolerant birches in a family of mostly cold-weather trees which do not thrive in USDA Zone 6 and up.