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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Betula lenta var. lenta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula lenta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 054-03-002:
Betula lenta
FAMILY
Betulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch, "Mahogany"
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bele_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bele_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150412_240
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_113005
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_36
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Outer bark resembles Black Cherry; inner bark tastes like wintergreen, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_37
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves 2-ranked on short shoots, bases heart-shaped or rounded, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm160504_350
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Stipules deciduous, distinct, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmblenta_tuckaseegee1
May
Flowers tiny, staminate in drooping catkins near tip of twigs, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_lenta_sweet_birch_4
May
Once the primary source of wintergreen flavoring in medicines and confections, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s040503_c
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves mostly 2.5-4" long, heart-shaped at base, mostly glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_betula_lenta_2
June
Teeth on Betula's leaf margins more abundant than the main lateral veins, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm131029_075
October Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0411a_09
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Prominent horizontal lenticels on the bark of young trees, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0511b_09
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow s051106_e
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow s051106_e2
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaf margins singly or irregularly doubly serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.