Details for: NA 87581, Betula nigra L., NA 87581


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Betula nigra L.
Top Name:
NA 87581
Origin:
Collected – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 2024
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Betula nigra L.
Top Name:
NA 87581
Origin:
Collected – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 2024
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Collected

District of Columbia, United States
Locality: U.S. National Arboretum.
Habitat: Wild Habitat

Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 87581
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Naturally occurring plants on the grounds of the U.S. National Arboretum. At least one tree is known to occur at the far eastern edge of the grounds near the fence above the Anacostia River floodplain, and multiple plants that might be native occur around Springhouse Pond/Red Oak Pond.
Betula nigra L.
Genus:
Betula
Subgenus:
Betula
Section:
Dahuricae
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:

7118
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:982. 1753
Verified:
09/15/2015 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishred birch  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishriver birch  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Swedishsvartbjörk  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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