Details for: WLP 737, Betula pumila L., OWE-020


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pumila L.
Top Name:
OWE-020
Origin:
Collected – Oregon, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Mar 2019
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula pumila L.
Top Name:
OWE-020
Origin:
Collected – Oregon, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Mar 2019
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
02 September 2018.
Klamath County, Oregon, United States
Locality: Fremont-Winema National Forest: Mares Egg Spring, east of Westside Road.
Coordinates: 42.6600, -122.0877 (Map it)
Elevation: 1266m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Open bog, natural spring; open [full sun].
Number of plants sampled: 2
Comment: Deciduous, multistemmed, shrub-like tree (height 1.8 m, spread 1.5 m, DBH 1.1 cm) with upright branches; bark smooth, with lenticels, chestnut brown-red to slate gray; leaves toothed, glossy, glabrous, deep green above, mint green beneath; flowers absent; fruit catkins light yellow-green to brown.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
OWE-020
Type: Collector identifier

AA 249-2018
Type: Site identifier
Arnold Arboretum

NA 85632
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Betula pumila L.
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Apterocaryon
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:

7140
Place of publication:

Mant. pl. 1:124. 1767
Verified:
09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Betula pumila L. var. pumila

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula glandulifera (Regel) E. J. Butler
Betula hallii Howell
Betula pumila L. var. fastigiata hort. ex Rehder
Betula pumila L. var. glandulifera Regel

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAmerican dwarf birch  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishArctic dwarf birch as Betula nana subsp. exilis1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: as Betula nana subsp. exilis
Englishbog birch  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishdwarf birch  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishlow birch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishswamp birch  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchbouleau nain  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 85632 to WLP 737. 04 Jun 2021.
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