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Label

Accession No. 09801 
Family Betulaceae 
Species Betula nana L.
Subspecies ssp. exilis (Sukaczev) Hulten
Common name "dwarf birch"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3621)  22 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography Canada,  Yukon Territory, 
Lat./Long. 67°  2' 18" N, 136°  12 ' 28" W at 2788 feet (850 m)
Locality Ogilvie Mts, Richardson Mts, at Rock River, ca km 460 on Dempster Highway 
Ecology Solifluction lobes, scree slopes, arctic tundra. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Betula nana L.
     Betula exilis Sukatschev
     Betula glandulosa Michx.
     Betula glandulosa var. hallii (T.J. Howell) C.L. Hitchc.
     Betula glandulosa var. sibirica (Ledeb.) Schneid.
     Betula michauxii Sarg.
     Betula nana ssp. exilis (Sukatschev) Hultén
     Betula nana var. sibirica Ledeb.
     Betula terrae-novae Fern.

Common Name(s): bog birch, dwarf birch, shrub birch.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=19479, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Hamamelidae
                            Order: Fagales
                                Family: Betulaceae
                                    Genus: Betula
                                        Species: Betula nana
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 09801s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00040s2.jpg 
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09407 Alectoria nigricans      "witch's hair lichen" same section
09409 Alectoria ochroleuca      "witch's hair lichen" same section
09792 Antennaria monocephala  ssp. monocephala   "pygmy pussytoes" same section
10055 Bryoria nitidula      "horsehair lichen" same section
09796 Cassiope tetragona  ssp. tetragona   "Four-angle mountain heather" same section
10049 Cetraria islandica      "island cetraria lichen" same section
10047 Cladonia uncialis      "cup lichen" same section
09187 Draba palanderiana      "Palander's draba" same section
09800 Dryas octopetala  ssp. punctata   "eightpetal mountain-avens" same section
09803 Empetrum nigrum      "black crowberry" same section
09794 Eremogone capillaris     same section
09410 Flavocetraria cucullata      "curled snow lichen" same section
09797 Loiseleuria procumbens      "alpine azalea" same section
09795 Minuartia obtusiloba      "alpine sandwort" same section
09798 Salix arctica     same section
09791 Saussurea angustifolia  var. angustifolia   "narrow-leaf saw-wort" same section
09793 Saxifraga tricuspidata      "three-toothed saxifrage" same section
09408 Thamnolia vermicularis      "whiteworm lichen" same section
09802 Vaccinium uliginosum      "bog blueberry" same section
09799 Vaccinium vitis-idaea      "lingonberry" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Betula nana  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Betula+nana

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