OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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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