Betula fruticosa Pall.

Japanese bog birch (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Betula

Characteristics

Shrubs to 3 m tall; bark grayish white. Branches dark purplish brown or gray-black, glabrous; branchlets brown, scabrous, with dense, resinous glands. Petiole 2-10 mm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, rarely broadly ovate, 1.5-3 (-4.5) × 1-2(-3.5) cm, abaxially densely resinous glandular, adaxially sparsely pubescent along veins, base subrounded or broadly cuneate, margin irregularly and simply minutely serrate, apex acute, rarely subrounded or obtuse; lateral veins 5-8 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescence erect or spreading, oblong or oblong-cylindric, 1-2 cm × 5-8 mm; peduncle 2-5(-10) mm, densely pubescent; bracts 4-7 mm, ciliate, 3-lobed, middle lobe oblong, lateral lobes spreading or suberect, oblong, ca. 1/2 as long as middle lobe. Nutlet elliptic, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, with membranous wings 1/3-1/2 as wide as nutlet. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 2.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 6-8
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-5

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Betula fruticosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Betula fruticosa world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Betula fruticosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295088-1
WFO ID wfo-0000804735
COL ID LP83
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Betula adasii Betula baicalensis Betula barguzinensis Betula cyclophylla Betula evenkiensis Betula extremiorientalis Betula fruticosa Betula itelmenorum Betula ovalifolia Betula paishanensis Betula rotundifolia Betula substepposa Betula zyzyphifolia Betula divaricata Betula fusenensis Betula henriettae Betula middendorffii Betula tatewakiana Betula turfosa Betula yoshimurae Betula fruticosa Betula reticulata Betula x baicalensis Betula fruticosa subsp. fusca Betula fruticosa var. gmelinii Betula fruticosa var. macrostachys Betula fruticosa var. ovalifolia Betula fruticosa var. paishanensis Betula fruticosa var. ruprechtiana Betula fruticosa subsp. ruprechtiana Betula gmelinii var. zyzyphifolia Betula humilis var. ovalifolia Betula humilis var. palustris Betula humilis var. reticulata Betula humilis var. tatewakiana Betula middendorffii var. communis Betula middendorffii var. nitida Betula middendorffii var. globosa Betula humilis var. kamtschatica Betula fruticosa var. fusenensis Betula pseudomiddendorffii Betula baicalensis f. obscura Betula fusca Betula middendorffii var. henriettae