Dwarf Birches
Small shrubs with small rounded leaves. Female catkins pendulous.
- Diploid (2n = 28).
- Betula glandulosa (B. nana subsp. glandulosa) - American Dwarf Birch
- Betula nana - Dwarf Birch
- Tetraploid (4n = 56).
- Betula minor - Quebec Dwarf Birch
- Betula pumila - Swamp Birch
- chromosome number not reported
- Betula fruticosa -
- Betula hallii - Cascades Dwarf Birch
- Betula humilis - Arctic Dwarf Birch
- Betula michauxii - Newfoundland Dwarf Birch
- Betula microphylla -
- Betula middendorffii -
Read more about this topic: Taxonomy Of Betula, Subgenus Chamaebetula
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