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