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Difference between revisions of "Betula nana"
Sp. Pl. 2: 983. 1753.
Common names: Arctic dwarf birch bouleau nain
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> sprawling, creeping, or upright, to 1 m. <b>Bark</b> gray to dark brown, smooth, close; lenticels inconspicuous, unexpanded. <b>Twigs</b> without taste and odor of wintergreen, glabrous to sparsely or moderately pubescent, with or without heavy resinous coating, sometimes covered with warty resinous glands. <b>Leaf</b> blade broadly orbiculate or obovate-orbiculate to reniform, with 2–6 pairs of lateral veins, often broader than long, base rounded to nearly cordate, margins deeply crenate, apex rounded; surfaces abaxially glabrous to sparsely or moderately pubescent. <b>Staminate</b> and pistillate catkins produced season before flowering but retained in buds during winter, expanding along with new growth in spring. <b>Infructescences</b> erect, nearly cylindric, shattering with fruits in fall. <b>Samaras</b> with wings much narrower than body, broadest near center, not extended beyond body apically.</span><!-- |
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| − | |distribution=Subarctic and arctic of North America;Europe;and Asia | + | |distribution=Subarctic and arctic of North America;Europe;and Asia. |
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 3 (2 in the flora).</p> | |discussion=<p>Subspecies 3 (2 in the flora).</p> | ||
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| − | |distribution=Subarctic and arctic of North America;Europe;and Asia | + | |distribution=Subarctic and arctic of North America;Europe;and Asia. |
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|publication title=Sp. Pl. | |publication title=Sp. Pl. | ||
|publication year=1753 | |publication year=1753 | ||
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|subfamily=Betulaceae subfam. Betuloideae | |subfamily=Betulaceae subfam. Betuloideae | ||
|genus=Betula | |genus=Betula | ||
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Revision as of 13:50, 27 July 2019
Shrubs, sprawling, creeping, or upright, to 1 m. Bark gray to dark brown, smooth, close; lenticels inconspicuous, unexpanded. Twigs without taste and odor of wintergreen, glabrous to sparsely or moderately pubescent, with or without heavy resinous coating, sometimes covered with warty resinous glands. Leaf blade broadly orbiculate or obovate-orbiculate to reniform, with 2–6 pairs of lateral veins, often broader than long, base rounded to nearly cordate, margins deeply crenate, apex rounded; surfaces abaxially glabrous to sparsely or moderately pubescent. Staminate and pistillate catkins produced season before flowering but retained in buds during winter, expanding along with new growth in spring. Infructescences erect, nearly cylindric, shattering with fruits in fall. Samaras with wings much narrower than body, broadest near center, not extended beyond body apically.
Distribution
Subarctic and arctic of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Discussion
Subspecies 3 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Young twigs pubescent, not covered with conspicuous resinous layer; subarctic and arctic ne Canada, s Greenland. | Betula nana subsp. nana |
| 1 | Young twigs glabrous or only puberulent, covered with thick resinous coating; Alaska, Yukon, n Asia. | Betula nana subsp. exilis |