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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.
Distinctive colors give the common names gray, white, black, silver and yellow birch to different species. [7] The buds, forming early and full-grown by midsummer, are all lateral, without a terminal bud forming; the branch is prolonged by the upper lateral bud. The wood of all the species is close-grained with a satiny texture and capable of ...
Scientific name Common name Family Conservation status Conifers; ... Betulaceae (birch family) Betula alleghaniensis: yellow birch Betulaceae (birch family)
Betulaceae (birch family) Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch) Betula nigra (river birch) Betula papyrifera (paper birch) Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood) Ostrya virginiana (ironwood, hophornbeam) Fabaceae (pea family) Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree) Fagaceae (beech ...
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Betula pubescens - White birch, European white birch or downy birch Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa - Arctic white birch; Pentaploid (5n = 70). Betula kenaica - Kenai birch; Hexaploid (6n = 84). Betula papyrifera - Paper birch, canoe birch or American white birch (sometimes tetraploid or pentaploid)
The name chaga comes from the Russian name of the fungus, ча́га, čága, which in turn is borrowed from the word for "mushroom" in Komi, тшак, tšak, the language of the indigenous peoples in the Kama River Basin, west of the Ural Mountains. It is also known as the clinker polypore, cinder conk, black mass and birch canker polypore. [17]
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 ]