NameThatPlant.net: Betula lenta var. lenta

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Betula lenta var. lenta FAMILY Betulaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Sweet Birch at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula lenta FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-03-002:

Betula lenta FAMILY Betulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch, "Mahogany"

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Betula lenta var. lenta FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Betula lenta FAMILY Betulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 054-03-002:
Betula lenta FAMILY Betulaceae

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: forests at low to high elevations; common (uncommon in Piedmont), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx minute, pistillate calyx absent
2 stamens in staminate flowers
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins (staminate catkins elongate)

FRUIT:
Summer
Samara

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