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Betula pumila

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ff12621f47087248572
Scientific name Betula pumila
Authority L.
First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 124 (1767)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Betula glandulifera B.T.Butler Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 425 (1909)
Betula glandulosa var. glandulifera (Regel) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23 (1952)
Betula glandulosa var. hallii (Howell) C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 2: 77 (1964)
Betula grayi Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 406 (1865)
Betula hallii Howell Fl. N.W. Amer. : 614 (1902)
Betula nana var. glandulifera (Regel) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 231 (1967)
Betula nana var. renifolia (Fernald) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 94: 231 (1967)
Betula neoborealis Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 84: 56 (1957)
Betula obovata B.T.Butler Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 427 (1909)
Betula pulchella hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 182 (1891)
Betula pumila var. borealis (Spach) Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 113. 1861
Betula pumila var. glabra Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 112. 1861
Betula pumila var. glabrescens Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 410 (1865)
Betula pumila subsp. glandulifera (Regel) Á.Löve & D.Löve Taxon 31(1): 121 (1982):.
Betula pumila var. glandulifera Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 410 (1865)
Betula pumila f. hallii (Howell) Brayshaw Occas. Pap. British Columbia Prov. Mus. 18: 151 (1976)
Betula pumila f. latipes (H.J.P.Winkl.) Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 103: 220 (1976)
Betula pumila var. latipes H.J.P.Winkl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 61: 72 (1904)
Betula pumila f. pubescens H.J.P.Winkl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 61: 72 (1904)
Betula pumila var. renifolia Fernald Rhodora 28: 190 (1926)
Betula pumila var. setarioides H.J.P.Winkl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 61: 72 (1904)
Betula pumila f. subcycla Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 103: 220 (1976)
Betula quebeccensis Burg. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 196 (1784)
Betula pumila var. fastigiata Rehder in L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 499 (1914)
Betula pumila f. glandulifera H.J.P.Winkl. Pflanzenr. , IV, 61: 72 (1904)
Chamaebetula pumila Opiz Lotos 5: 259 (1855)
Betula pumila f. glabrescens H.J.P.Winkl. Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 61: 72. 1904
Betula pubescens var. borealis (Spach) Á.Löve & D.Löve ?
Betula pumila var. typica Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 410 (1865)
Betula pumila f. glabrescens (Regel) Regel Prodr. 16(2): 173 (1868)

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Language Common/alternative name
English bog birch
Bulgarian блатна бреза
German amerikanische strauch-birke
Estonian kääbuskask
Icelandic mýrahrís
Russian Береза болотная
Russian Береза малорослая
Russian Береза низкорослая
Russian Берёза низкорослая
Russian Берёза болотная
udm Нюр кызьпу

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000336350
Canadensys 3704
USDA Plants BEPU4
Tropicos 3600021
INPN 762263
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30003581-2
The Plant List kew-21671
PaleoBotany 49152
Open Tree Of Life 921959
NCBI Taxonomy 284674
Nature Serve 2.144122
IUCN Red List 194637
IPNI 30003581-2
iNaturalist 159231
GBIF 5331824
Freebase /m/0g6dqy
WisFlora 2741
EPPO BETPM
EOL 1149352
Elurikkus 3105
USDA GRIN 7140
Wikipedia Betula_pumila

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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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
A cryptic syngameon within Betula shrubs revealed: Implications for conservation in changing subarctic environments Touchette L, Godbout J, Lamothe M, Porth I, Isabel N Evol Appl 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11022622
doi:10.1111/eva.13689
PMID:38633131
Rewetting increases vegetation cover and net growing season carbon uptake under fen conditions after peat-extraction in Manitoba, Canada Turmel-Courchesne L, Davies MA, Guêné-Nanchen M, Strack M, Rochefort L Sci Rep 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10667249
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47879-y
PMID:37996571
Nanoparticle-mediated amelioration of drought stress in plants: a systematic review Chandrashekar HK, Singh G, Kaniyassery A, Thorat SA, Nayak R, Murali TS, Muthusamy A 3 Biotech 08-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10491566
doi:10.1007/s13205-023-03751-4
PMID:37693636
Response of rove‐beetle (Staphylinidae) assemblages to the cumulative effect of wildfire and linear footprint in boreal treed peatlands Wu L, Pinzon J Ecol Evol 03-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9719082
doi:10.1002/ece3.9564
PMID:36479034
Impacts of spruce budworm defoliation on the habitat of woodland caribou, moose, and their main predators Chagnon C, Bouchard M, Pothier D Ecol Evol 18-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8932078
doi:10.1002/ece3.8695
PMID:35342555
Short‐term effects of wildfire in boreal peatlands: Does fire mitigate the linear footprint of oil and gas exploration? Pinzon J, Dabros A, Riva F, Glasier JR Ecol Appl 14-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC8047916
doi:10.1002/eap.2281
PMID:33336476
Ancient CO2 levels favor nitrogen fixing plants over a broader range of soil N compared to present Chen H, Markham J Sci Rep 04-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7862480
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82701-7
PMID:33542399
Carbon Nanotubes Improved the Germination and Vigor of Plant Species from Peatland Ecosystem Via Remodeling the Membrane Lipidome Ali MH, Sobze JM, Pham TH, Nadeem M, Liu C, Galagedara L, Cheema M, Thomas R Nanomaterials (Basel) 16-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7557389
doi:10.3390/nano10091852
PMID:32947854
Vegetation changes in temperate ombrotrophic peatlands over a 35 year period Pinceloup N, Poulin M, Brice MH, Pellerin S PLoS One 13-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7018058
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229146
PMID:32053706
Expanding and testing fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphisms for identifying roots of boreal forest plant species Metzler P, La Flèche M, Karst J Appl Plant Sci 08-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6476169
doi:10.1002/aps3.1236
PMID:31024780
Incidence of Oscheius onirici (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a potentially entomopathogenic nematode from the marshlands of Wisconsin, USA Ye W, Foye S, MacGuidwin AE, Steffan S J Nematol 31-May-2018
PMCID:PMC6909328
doi:10.21307/jofnem-2018-004
PMID:30335908
Why Do the Boreal Forest Ecosystems of Northwestern Europe Differ from Those of Western North America? Boonstra R, Andreassen HP, Boutin S, Hušek J, Ims RA, Krebs CJ, Skarpe C, Wabakken P Bioscience 20-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC5421309
doi:10.1093/biosci/biw080
PMID:28533563
Medicinal plants of the genus Betula—Traditional uses and a phytochemical–pharmacological review Rastogi S, Pandey MM, Kumar Singh Rawat A J Ethnopharmacol 18-Nov-2014
PMCID:PMC7126499
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.11.010
PMID:25449458
Ecosystem services of Phragmites in North America with emphasis on habitat functions Kiviat E AoB Plants 18-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC4104640
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plt008

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