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| Betulaceae (Birch family) | ||||||||||
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| Genera | ||||||||||
| Alnus (the alders) Betula (the birches) |
Betulaceae, or the Birch Family, includes two genera of trees and shrubs, the birches and the alders. The family is often treated as also including the Corylaceae: hazels, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams.
Example species of the three genera are:
- Alnus - alder
- Black alder Alnus glutinosa
- Speckled alder Alnus incana
- Red alder Alnus rubra
- Green alder or Mountain alder Alnus viridis
- Betula - birch
- Silver birch Betula pendula
- Paper birch Betula papyrifera
- River birch Betula nigra
External link
Kew checklist - Fagales
Fagales
Betulaceae - Corylaceae - Fagaceae - Ticodendraceae - Casuarinaceae - Juglandaceae - Rhoipteleaceae - Myricaceae
