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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Betula cordifolia   FAMILY Betulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia   FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Betula cordifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-03-003:

Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia   FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Betula cordifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Paper Birch


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image of Betula cordifolia, Mountain Paper Birch

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_245

        

image of Betula cordifolia, Mountain Paper Birch

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbcordifolia_barkmm1

June    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell

Bark papery or exfoliating, pinkish-white, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Betula cordifolia, Mountain Paper Birch

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbcordifolia_lfmm

June    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell

Leaves are cordate-based, and twigs are nearly glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Betula cordifolia   FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia   FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Betula cordifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-03-003:
Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia   FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Betula cordifolia

 

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: High elevation forests, southwards primarily on talus of avalanche chutes (as in the Black Mountains, Yancey County, NC, and the Great Smoky Mountains, Sevier County, TN), and on talus slopes and adjacent forests at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Staminate calyx minute, pistillate calyx absent
2 stamens in staminate flowers
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins (staminate catkins elongate)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Samara

 

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