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SPECIES: Betula glandulosa | Bog Birch
ABBREVIATION :
BETGLA
SYNONYMS :
Betula glandulosa var. hallii
SCS PLANT CODE :
BEGL
COMMON NAMES :
bog birch
glandular birch
resin birch
swamp birch
glandular scrub birch
ground birch
dwarf birch
mountain birch
marsh birch
arctic dwarf birch
shrub birch
scrub birch
TAXONOMY :
The currently accepted scientific name of bog birch is Betula glandulosa
Michx. [4,25,63].
An abundance of intermediate forms makes a precise distinction between
bog birch (Betula glandulosa) and swamp birch (Betula pumila) difficult.
This taxonomic uncertainty results in intermediates regarded as either:
Betula glandulosa Michx. var. glandulifera (Regel) Gleason [17,23]
or Betula pumila L. var. glandulifera Regel [4,25].
This paper recognizes these intermediate forms as Betula pumila var.
glandulifera, as more recent authorities do [4,6,25]. However, due to
the continued uncertainty over their proper taxonomic placement,
information on these plants will be incorporated into this paper, and
they will be cited as Betula pumila var. glandulifera.
This paper does not recognize any subspecies, varieties, or forms of
Betula glandulosa.
Numerous hybrids have been described within this group including [4,6]:
Betula glandulosa x occidentalis = B. X eastwoodea Sargent
Betula glandulosa x pumila var. glandulifera = B. X sargentii Dugle
Betula papyrifera x pumila var. glandulifera = B. X sandbergii Britt
Betula neoalaskana x pumila var. glandulifera = B. X uliginosa Dugle
B. X sargentii x papyrifera = B. X arbuscula Dugle
LIFE FORM :
Shrub
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
OTHER STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
COMPILED BY AND DATE :
Ronald Uchytil/August 1989
LAST REVISED BY AND DATE :
NO-ENTRY
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION :
Uchytil, Ronald J. 1989. Betula glandulosa. In: Remainder of Citation
Related categories for Species: Betula glandulosa
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