Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 09816 
Family Betulaceae 
Species Betula papyrifera Marsh.
Common name "paper birch"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3713)  24 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography Canada,  Northwest Territories, 
Lat./Long. 68°  21' 34" N, 133°  44 ' 1" W at 33 feet (10 m)
Locality Mackenzie River Delta, at inuvik. 
Ecology riverbank community. 

Taxonomy


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

     Betula papyrifera Marsh.

Common Name(s): paper birch.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=19489, click for more information and references)

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

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 09816s2.jpg

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09818 Artemisia tilesii     same section
09815 Castilleja raupii      "Raup's paintbrush" same section
09721 Conioselinum cnidiifolium      "Jakutsk snow parsley" same section
09755 Potentilla norvegica      "Norwegian cinquefoil" same section
09814 Ribes triste      "red currant" same section
09720 Rosa acicularis      "prickly rose" same section
09817 Salix alaxensis      "felt-leaf willow" 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 papyrifera  Marsh.

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+papyrifera

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