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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Betula populifolia
FAMILY
Betulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Gray Birch at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula populifolia
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Betula populifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-03-004:
Betula populifolia FAMILY Betulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Gray Birch, White Birch
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_242
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bepo_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bepo_006_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_b_populifolia_9340
June Madison County VA
Shenandoah National Park
The bark is not papery or peeling, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Keith Bradley kab_b_populifolia_9344
June Madison County VA
Shenandoah National Park
Bark grayish-white with black triangular patches where branches join trunk, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Betula populifolia
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula populifolia
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Betula populifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-03-004:
Betula populifolia
FAMILY
Betulaceae
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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Woods, thickets, in VA native in old fields and young forests in the Big Meadows area on greenstone (Madison & Page counties, VA), disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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
Samara
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p063
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p093
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p231
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p076
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