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Betula pumila (dwarf birch [2] or bog birch [3]) is a deciduous shrub native to North America. Bog birch occurs over a vast area of northern North America, from Yukon in the west to New England in the east and all the way to Washington and Oregon , inhabiting swamps and riparian zones in the boreal forests.
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.
Betula glandulosa, taken at Chepeta Lake, Uintah, Utah.. This plant occurs in arctic and cool temperate areas from Alaska east to Newfoundland and southern Greenland, and south at high altitudes to northern California, Colorado, and the Black Hills of South Dakota in the west, [3] and locally south to northern New York in the east.
Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams, numbering a total of 167 species. [2]
Betula michauxii, the Newfoundland dwarf birch, is a species of birch which is native to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Quebec [2] as well as Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [1] It is a perennial herb. [ 3 ]
Betula glandulosa (B. nana subsp. glandulosa) - American dwarf birch; Betula nana - Dwarf birch; Tetraploid (4n = 56). Betula minor - Quebec dwarf birch; Betula pumila - Swamp birch; chromosome number not reported. Betula fruticosa-Betula gmelinii-Betula hallii - Cascades dwarf birch; Betula humilis - Arctic dwarf birch; Betula michauxii ...
It is a monoecious, deciduous shrub growing up to 1–1.2 metres (3 ft 3 in – 3 ft 11 in) high. The bark is non-peeling and shiny red-copper colored. [3] The leaves are rounded, 6–20 millimetres (0.24–0.79 in) diameter, with a bluntly toothed margin.