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Description
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID643ff0babbb18399130702
Scientific name Betula lenta
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 983 (1753)

Description Top

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Betula lenta, also known as sweet birch or black birch, is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America. It can reach heights of up to 30 meters and has distinctive bark that develops vertical cracks and rough patterns as it matures. The tree produces a strong wintergreen scent when its twigs are scraped. It has alternate ovate leaves and wind-pollinated catkin flowers. The oldest known B. lenta is 368 years old, and the species can live even longer in undisturbed ancient forests. The wood of black birch is used for furniture and cabinets, and its sap can be boiled to make syrup or birch beer. The inner bark can also be eaten raw or steeped to make tea. B. lenta is an important food source for caterpillars and a nesting material for leaf-cutter bees. It is not heavily browsed by deer, making it more abundant in areas with high deer populations.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Betula humilis Marshall Arbust. Amer. : 19 (1785)
Betula lenta var. persicifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 185. 1891

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English cherry birch
English red birch
English sweet birch
English black birch
English mahogany birch
English round-leaf birch
English spice birch
Arabic بتولا حلوة
Belarusian бяроза вішанная
Bulgarian черешова бреза
Czech bříza tuhá
German zucker-birke
Basque urki gerezikara
Finnish sokerikoivu
French bouleau flexible
Hungarian cukornyír
Icelandic sætbjörk
Lithuanian kvapusis beržas
Latvian sīkstais bērzs
Norwegian Bokmål sukkerbjørk
Dutch suikerberk
Polish brzoza cukrowa
Russian Берёза вишнёвая
Swedish körsbärsbjörk
Chinese 山樺

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Betula lenta subsp. uber (Ashe) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 18 (1982):.

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000334091
UNII 41A3V2257T
Flora of Alabama 1153
Cornell Woody Plants 342
Canadensys 3689
USDA Plants BELE
UConn 64
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295125-1
The Plant List kew-21443
Open Tree Of Life 567472
NCBI Taxonomy 216994
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0500000378
Nature Serve 2.147443
IUCN Red List 194483
IPNI 295125-1
iNaturalist 49157
GBIF 5331709
Freebase /m/0589tx
EPPO BETLE
EOL 1149405
Elurikkus 3096
US Library of Congress sh2016002003
USDA GRIN 7107
Wikipedia Betula_lenta
Missouri Botanical Garden 242285

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Commodity risk assessment of Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 03-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11066761
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8803
PMID:38707495
Clinging to the top: natal dispersal tracks climate gradient in a trailing-edge population of a migratory songbird Gaya HE, Cooper RJ, Delancey CD, Hepinstall-Cymerman J, Kurimo-Beechuk EA, Lewis WB, Merker SA, Chandler RB Mov Ecol 16-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11020467
doi:10.1186/s40462-024-00470-0
PMID:38627871
Radio Telemetry and Harmonic Radar Tracking of the Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) Siderhurst MS, Murman KM, Kaye KT, Wallace MS, Cooperband MF Insects 30-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10816356
doi:10.3390/insects15010017
PMID:38249023
Optimizing the Droplet-Vitrification Procedure by Balancing the Cryoprotection and Cytotoxicity of Alternative Plant Vitrification Solutions Based on the Nature of Donor Plant Vigor Kim H Plants (Basel) 30-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10707743
doi:10.3390/plants12234040
PMID:38068674
Commodity risk assessment of Quercus petraea plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10613939
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8313
PMID:37908445
Commodity risk assessment of Quercus robur plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10613938
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8314
PMID:37908449
Editorial: Focus on spotted lanternfly Liu H, Wang X, Cooperband MF Front Insect Sci 03-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10926540
doi:10.3389/finsc.2023.1292590
PMID:38469537
In Vitro Antioxidant and In Vivo Antigenotoxic Features of a Series of 61 Essential Oils and Quantitative Composition–Activity Relationships Modeled through Machine Learning Algorithms Mladenović M, Astolfi R, Tomašević N, Matić S, Božović M, Sapienza F, Ragno R Antioxidants (Basel) 29-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10604248
doi:10.3390/antiox12101815
PMID:37891894
Relatively high light inhibits reserves degradation in the Coptis chinensis rhizome during the leaf expansion by changing the source-sink relationship Ke W, Li Y, Zhong F, Pen M, Dong J, Xu B, Ma Y, Zhou T Front Plant Sci 01-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10502731
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1225895
PMID:37719221
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA Edge AC, Rosenberger JP, Yates CJ, Little AR, Killmaster CH, Johannsen KL, Osborn DA, Kilgo JC, Miller KV, D’Angelo GJ PLoS One 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10470973
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288449
PMID:37651350
Urbanization and edge effects interact to drive mutualism breakdown and the rise of unstable pathogenic communities in forest soil Tatsumi C, Atherton KF, Garvey SM, Conrad-Rooney E, Morreale LL, Hutyra LR, Templer PH, Bhatnagar JM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 29-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10483667
doi:10.1073/pnas.2307519120
PMID:37643216
A trait-based approach to both forestry and timber building can synchronize forest harvest and resilience Osborne P, Aquilué N, Mina M, Moe K, Jemtrud M, Messier C PNAS Nexus 29-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10465084
doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad254
PMID:37649582
Commodity risk assessment of Fagus sylvatica plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 28-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10375364
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8118
PMID:37522095
Commodity risk assessment of Acer campestre plants from the UK Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P EFSA J 06-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10323733
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8071
PMID:37427018
The Use of Natural Bioactive Nutraceuticals in the Management of Tick-Borne Illnesses Shor SM, Schweig SK Microorganisms 05-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10384908
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11071759
PMID:37512931

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bS)-1-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol 54502688 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1O)C)CCC4C3(CCC5(C4C(CC5)C(C)(C)O)C)C)C)C 444.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Betulin 72326 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)CO 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Betulin caffeate 10153267 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C=CC6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)C)CO 604.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Betulinic Acid 64971 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C(=O)O 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Betulone 10411004 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(=O)C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)C)CO 440.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Lupenone 92158 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(=O)C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)C)C 424.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Lupeol 259846 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1515/HFSG.1991.45.4.265
Methyl acetyl betulinate 6451984 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C)C(=O)OC 512.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97169-3
Methyl-3b-acetoxybetulinate 605214 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C)C(=O)OC 512.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97169-3
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3R,8R,9R,10S,13R,14R,17S)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 162965363 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97169-3
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 86821 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97169-3

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