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Betula papyrifera (paper birch, [5] also known as (American) white birch [5] and canoe birch [5]) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named after the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper -like layers from the trunk.
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 ...
Betula celtiberica - Iberian white birch; 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)
Betula cordifolia is a deciduous tree that reaches heights of about 60 feet or 25 m and a trunk diameter of about 30 inches or about 75 cm. [3] Mature bark is white or bronze-white, peeling in thin layers.
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants.
paper birch; canoe birch; American white birch Betulaceae (birch family) 375 Betula pendula: silver birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula platyphylla: Siberian silver birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula populifolia: gray birch Betulaceae (birch family) 379 Betula pubescens: downy birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula pumila: swamp birch
Betula minor, the dwarf white birch, is a species of birch which can be found in Eastern Canada and in such US states as Maine, New Hampshire, and New York. [2]
The specific epithet honors Frank Murray, the person who discovered the Michigan population of the species. [8] Betula murrayana is an evolutionarily recent species that arose through hybridization between Betula alleghaniensis and another hybrid, Betula × purpusii (a hybrid of B. alleghaniensis and Betula pumila ). [ 8 ]