Specimen Label Details, UVU Herbarium

Betulaceae ¦ Betula ¦ Betula nana ¦ 00040

Label

Accession No.	00040
Family	Betulaceae
Species	Betula nana L.
Common name	"dwarf birch"
Collector Information	J.G. Harris (1779) 13 August 1983
Geography	Greenland, ,
Lat./Long.	66° 59' 25" N, 50° 41 ' 9" W
Locality	Sondre Stromfjord area, on the hill below radar station.
Ecology	Salix-Betula community.

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

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Nearby Accessions

Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.

00024 Arabis arenicola    "Rock-cress" same section
00008 Armeria scabra var. sibirica same section
00005 Artemisia borealis    "boreal wormwood" same section
06491 Braya linearis    "narrow-fruit northern rockcress" same section
06481 Braya linearis    "narrow-fruit northern rockcress" same section
06482 Braya linearis    "narrow-fruit northern rockcress" same section
12508 Braya linearis    "narrow-fruit northern rockcress" same section
12509 Braya linearis    "narrow-fruit northern rockcress" same section
00011 Calamagrostis neglecta    same section
00012 Campanula rotundifolia    "bluebell bellflower" same section
00023 Carex nardina    "spike sedge" same section
00009 Cerastium alpinum ssp. lanatum "alpine chickweed" same section
00035 Dryas integrifolia    "entireleaf mountain-avens" same section
00025 Elymus arenarius ssp. mollis same section
00016 Epilobium latifolium    same section
00004 Halimolobos mollis    "soft fissurewort" same section
00014 Honkenya peploides ssp. diffusa "Seaside sandplant" same section
00018 Juncus alpinus var. nodulosus "pine-barren rush" same section
00003 Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis "mountain rush" same section
00007 Lomatogonium rotatum    "marsh felwort" same section
00027 Melandrium triflorum    same section
00038 Poa glauca ssp. glauca "Greenland bluegrass" same section
00001 Potentilla rubricaulis    "red-stemmed cinquefoil" same section
00036 Rumex acetosella    "common sheep sorrel" same section
00013 Salix glauca ssp. callicarpaea "grayleaf willow" same section
00021 Salix glauca ssp. callicarpaea "grayleaf willow" same section
00037 Stellaria longipes var. monantha "meadow starwort" same section
00026 Trisetum spicatum    "spike trisetum" same section

Accession	Name	Dist., dir.
00024	Arabis arenicola "Rock-cress"	same section
00008	Armeria scabra var. sibirica	same section
00005	Artemisia borealis "boreal wormwood"	same section
06491	Braya linearis "narrow-fruit northern rockcress"	same section
06481	Braya linearis "narrow-fruit northern rockcress"	same section
06482	Braya linearis "narrow-fruit northern rockcress"	same section
12508	Braya linearis "narrow-fruit northern rockcress"	same section
12509	Braya linearis "narrow-fruit northern rockcress"	same section
00011	Calamagrostis neglecta	same section
00012	Campanula rotundifolia "bluebell bellflower"	same section
00023	Carex nardina "spike sedge"	same section
00009	Cerastium alpinum ssp. lanatum "alpine chickweed"	same section
00035	Dryas integrifolia "entireleaf mountain-avens"	same section
00025	Elymus arenarius ssp. mollis	same section
00016	Epilobium latifolium	same section
00004	Halimolobos mollis "soft fissurewort"	same section
00014	Honkenya peploides ssp. diffusa "Seaside sandplant"	same section
00018	Juncus alpinus var. nodulosus "pine-barren rush"	same section
00003	Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis "mountain rush"	same section
00007	Lomatogonium rotatum "marsh felwort"	same section
00027	Melandrium triflorum	same section
00038	Poa glauca ssp. glauca "Greenland bluegrass"	same section
00001	Potentilla rubricaulis "red-stemmed cinquefoil"	same section
00036	Rumex acetosella "common sheep sorrel"	same section
00013	Salix glauca ssp. callicarpaea "grayleaf willow"	same section
00021	Salix glauca ssp. callicarpaea "grayleaf willow"	same section
00037	Stellaria longipes var. monantha "meadow starwort"	same section
00026	Trisetum spicatum "spike trisetum"	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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