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Betula pubescens

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Betula pubescens

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Also known as downy birch, moor birch, white birch, European white birch, hairy birch

species of plant

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Betula pubescens, commonly known as the downy birch, is a species of deciduous plant within the family Betulaceae. It belongs to the genus Betula and is classified under the order Fagales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is a useful plant that produces a fruit type known as a nucule.

Native to regions including Northern Europe, Iceland, North Asia, and Greenland, Betula pubescens is a deciduous tree that grows to a height of approximately 10 to 20 meters. It is a close relative of the white birch, sharing a very similar appearance. The species has been introduced to several areas, including British Columbia, Connecticut, Føroyar, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. It is also noted as invasive to Sweden.

The IUCN Red List assessed the conservation status of Betula pubescens as Least Concern in 2014. Occurrence records for the species are documented in countries such as Romania, the United States, Greenland, France, and Norway.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Betula pubescens

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyBetulaceae
Native toAltay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France
Observations recorded666,313

毛樺（拉丁語：Betula pubescens）是樺樹的一種，原產地是北歐、冰島、北亞、格陵蘭島。毛樺是一種落葉喬木，高約10至20米。毛樺是白樺的親屬物種，外表極為相似。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,203
With media
2,210
Family
Betulaceae
Collections
MEL, CM, RSA, DEK, SFV, OSU
Recorded in
Romania, United States, Greenland, France, Norway, Germany, Russian Federation, Russia
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant
Parent taxon
Betula
Image
Abedulpubescente.jpg
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Betula pubescens
Commons category
Betula pubescens
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7139
taxon common name
毛桦
Commons gallery
Betula pubescens
has fruit type
nucule
invasive to
Sweden
short name
B. pubescens
foliage type
deciduous plant
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Encyclopedic overview

Betula pubescens (syn. Betula alba), commonly known as downy birch and also as moor birch, white birch, European white birch or hairy birch, is a species of deciduous tree, native and abundant throughout northern Europe and northern Asia, growing further north than any other broadleaf tree. It is closely related to, and often confused with, the silver birch (B. pendula), but grows in wetter places with heavier soils and poorer drainage; smaller trees can also be confused with the dwarf birch (B. nana).

Six varieties are recognised and it hybridises with the silver and dwarf birches. A number of cultivars have been developed, but many are no longer in cultivation. The larva of the autumnal moth (Epirrita autumnata) feeds on the foliage and in some years, large areas of birch forest can be defoliated by this insect. Many fungi are associated with the tree and certain pathogenic fungi are the causal agents of birch dieback disease.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Betula pubescens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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