Betula pubescens

Betula pubescens Ehrh. Engl.: downy birch, birch, canoe birch, common birch, European birch, white birch. Deu.: Moorbirke, Birke, Moor-Birke. Suom.: hieskoivu. Sven.: glasbjörk, fjällbjörk, kärrbjörk, lundbjörk, vanlig glasbjörk, ängsbjörk. Pharm.: birch tar, dagget, oleum rusci. Bot. syn.: Betula alba L., Betula callosa Notö, Betula carpatica Willd., Betula concinna Gunnarsson, Betula coriacea Gunnarsson, Betula czerepanovii N. I. Orlova, Betula glutinosa auct., Betula odorata Bechst., Betula rubra hort. ex Regel, Betula tortuosa auct.

Photo: Betula pubescens 6.

Photo: Betula pubescens 6. Trees, in Lapland. Very stunted and twisted. Kaunispää, Saariselkä, Finland. Wild. 2007-08-10.

Betula.

Classic texts: USDisp 1918.

Oleum Rusci.

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1883.

Betula. Betula alba.

Classic texts: Ellingwood 1919.

Photo: Betula pubescens 2.

Photo: Betula pubescens 2. Tree covered in ice crystals. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2004-03-05.

Photo: Betula pubescens 3.

Photo: Betula pubescens 3. Trees covered in ice crystals. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2004-03-05.

Photo: Betula pubescens 4.

Photo: Betula pubescens 4. Gorgeous branches, covered in ice crystals. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2004-03-05.

Photo: Betula pubescens 5.

Photo: Betula pubescens 5. Tree, covered in ice crystals. Vantaa, Finland. Wild. 2004-03-05.

Photo: Betula pubescens 1.

Photo: Betula pubescens 1. Leaf comparison, Betula nana and Betula pubescens. Imatra, Finland. Wild. 1997-08-01.

Photo: Betula pubescens.

Photo: Betula pubescens. A small grove on a lakeside. Imatra, Finland. Wild. 1997-08-01.