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Common Name: Yellow Birch
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Betula alleghaniensis FAMILY: Betulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Betula lutea 054-03-001 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Forests at medium to high elevations, rarely at low elevations
Common in NC, uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch, "Mahogany"
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Betula lenta var. lenta FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Betula lenta FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Betula lenta 054-03-002 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Forests at low to high elevations; common (uncommon in Piedmont)
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Mountain Paper Birch
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Betula cordifolia FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia 054-03-003 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: High elevation forests, southwards primarily on talus of avalanche chutes (as in the Black Mountains, Yancey County, NC, and the Great Smoky Mountains, Sevier County, TN), and on talus slopes and adjacent forests at high elevations
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Canoe Birch, Paper Birch
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Betula papyrifera FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Dry soils, in VA especially on quartzite on the western flank of the Blue Ridge, and on sandstone talus in the Ridge and Valley
Native: north of the Carolinas
Common Name: Gray Birch, White Birch
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Betula populifolia FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Betula populifolia FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Betula populifolia 054-03-004 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Woods, thickets, in VA native in old fields and young forests in the Big Meadows area on greenstone (Madison & Page counties, VA), disturbed areas
Rare
Native: north of the Carolinas
Common Name: River Birch, Red Birch
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Betula nigra FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Betula nigra FAMILY: Betulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Betula nigra 054-03-005 FAMILY: Betulaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, streambanks, floodplains, sandbars, disturbed uplands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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