Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Betulaceae/Bétulacées - Birch Family
Betula occidentalis Hook. [X]
En: water birch, western birch, black birch
Fr: bouleau fontinal, bouleau occidental
Provincial Status: X [excluded]
Range: Cordilleran wNA; ON-BC, NU-YK.

              [=Betula alba L. forma occidentalis (Hook.) Fernald]
              [=Betula alba L. subsp. occidentalis (Hook.) Regel]
              [=Betula fontinalis Sarg.]
              [=Betula papyrifera Marshall subsp. occidentalis (Hook.) Hultén]
              [=Betula papyrifera Marshall var. occidentalis (Hook.) Sarg.]

[Betula occidentalis does not occur in NL; reports of this species from NL were likely based on misidentifications of other Betula species.]

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