Introductory
SPECIES: Betula occidentalis | Water Birch 



ABBREVIATION : 
BETOCC

SYNONYMS : 
   Betula fontinalis
   Betula fontinalis var. inopina
   Betula papyrifera var. occidentalis
   Betula papyrifera ssp. occidentalis
   Betula occidentalis var. fecunda
   Betula occidentalis var. inopina


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   BEOC2


COMMON NAMES : 
   water birch
   red birch
   black birch
   spring birch
   mountain birch
   Rocky Mountain birch


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of water birch is Betula
occidentalis Hooker [12,22,46].  There are no recognized subspecies,
varieties, or forms.  

In eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, western Idaho, and southern
British Columbia, water birch hybridizes with paper birch (Betula
papyrifera) producing many intermediate forms which appear to be well
established locally [20].   


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

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 occidentalis. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Betula occidentalis | Water Birch