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Betula papyrifera Marshall 1785

Betulaceae (APG IV)
paper birch, white birch, canoe birch, silver birch
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1

Betula papyrifera Marshall var. papyrifera - Accepted: Betula papyrifera Marshall var. papyrifera bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)
Betula papyrifera Marshall - Accepted: Betula papyrifera Marshall bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Betula papyrifera Marshall - Accepted: Betula papyrifera Marshall bei Zander 2008; Familie: Betulaceae (Zander 2008)
Betula papyrifera Marshall var. papyrifera - Accepted: Betula papyrifera Marshall var. papyrifera bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Betula papyrifera Marshall - Accepted: Betula papyrifera Marshall bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Betula papyrifera Marshall var. papyrifera - Synonym: Betula papyrifera Marshall bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)

Flowers
monoecious flowers; male and female flowers in catkins
Flower ecology
wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
Life form
tree
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
winged nut fruit (samara)
Fruit ecology
wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
Soil conditions
preferentially on deep, well-drained to moderately well-drained, sandy or silty soils
Natural occurrence (habitat)
coniferous forests, boreal spruce forests, Red spruce*-balsam fir** forests, deciduous forests, mixed forests, montane and subalpine forests, rock slides, borders of bogs and swamps, muskegs * Picea rubens; ** Abies balsamifera
Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
temperate, mixed deciduous/coniferous forests and boreal forests unto subpolar tundra (northern limit of tree growth)
Constraints according radiation (light)
shade-intolerant

Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;





Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 23.2.2020
Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 29.1.2019

In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map.
If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.

Sex Standort Accession number Planting year Donation IPEN Lat. Long.
Parzelle L EG-L-139-20043 1928 XX-0-HOH-EG-L-139-20043 48,7075286403 9,2085581639
Parzelle N EG-N-019-13853 1957 XX-0-HOH-EG-N-019-13853 48,7081365254 9,2095136599
H Parzelle N EG-N-018-17829 1928 XX-0-HOH-EG-N-018-17829 48,7078547813 9,2098696989
Parzelle N EG-N-039-20041 1927 XX-0-HOH-EG-N-039-20041 48,7077215381 9,2099889976
Parzelle N EG-N-024-20042 1927 XX-0-HOH-EG-N-024-20042 48,7078006656 9,2100714341
Parzelle D SP-DB-031-9935 1866 XX-0-HOH-SP-DB-031-9935 48,7111776249 9,2130428263
Parzelle D SP-DB-032-9936 1866 XX-0-HOH-SP-DB-032-9936 48,7111777866 9,2130039921
Parzelle K SP-KB-067-10133 2001 XX-0-HOH-SP-KB-067-10133 48,7106829162 9,2147942401