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Betula occidentalis Hook.
water birch

       
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Photo of Betula occidentalis Hook.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Betula occidentalis Hook.

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Synonyms:
Betula occidentalis Hook.

  BEBE3 Betula beeniana A. Nelson
  BEFO2 Betula fontinalis Sarg.
  BEOCI Betula occidentalis Hook. var. inopina (Jeps.) C.L. Hitchc.
  BEPAO Betula papyrifera Marsh. ssp. occidentalis (Hook.) Hultén
  BEPAO2 Betula papyrifera Marsh. var. occidentalis (Hook.) Sarg.
 

Distribution:
Betula occidentalis Hook.

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Betula occidentalis Hook.

View 6 genera in Betulaceae, 34 species in Betula
 

Classification:
Betula occidentalis Hook.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Hamamelididae
Order Fagales
Family Betulaceae – Birch family
Genus Betula L. – birch
Species Betula occidentalis Hook. – water birch
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Betula occidentalis Hook.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW NO NO NO FACW FACW NO FACW FACW FACW FACW FAC NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Betula occidentalis Hook.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19488.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

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