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Betula pubescens Ehrh. 1789
Betulaceae (APG IV)
downy birch, brown birch, moor birch, mountain birch, white birch, hairy birch
Akzessionnummer: LG-V-013-20056
Pflanzjahr: 1998
Patenschaftstext: Baumspende
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Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Betulaceae
Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Betulaceae
Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Betulaceae
Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Betulaceae
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Canada, Newfoundland, southern Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles, Europe; Turkey, Caucasus; West and East Siberia
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Betulaceae (APG III)
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
Betula pubescens Ehrh. - Accepted: Betula pubescens Ehrh. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Betulaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious; male and female flowers in catkins
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- woody, tree or shrub
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- winged nut fruit (samara)
- Fruit ecology
- wind-dispersed (anemochorous)
- Soil conditions
- usually on moist, moderately nutrient-rich, humus-rich, acidic turf soils
- Root type
- heart-shaped root system
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- moor forests and carrs, pollarded and pioneer woodlands, floodplains, along streams, hill-side flushes, transition bogs, peaty hollows
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mesophytic broad-leaved and mixed forests to boreal forests and subpolar tundra (northern limit of tree growth)
- Constraints according radiation (light)
- intolerant of shade
- Usage
- wood is used for making paper, canoe skins, furniture and plywood; bark is used for making drinking vessels and roofing tiles; tar-oil obtained from the white bark can be used as an insect repellent and as a shoe polish
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: 23.2.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 29.1.2019
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