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silver birch

Betula pendula

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 21,625, February 15,972, March 25,024, April 39,369, May 56,764, June 61,897, July 66,234, August 56,961, September 41,820, October 31,215, November 17,057, December 13,332.
United States448,965
Alaska447,271
Russia16,594
United Kingdom2,425
England2,103
Germany1,644
Moscow Oblast1,643
Novosibirsk Oblast1,395
British Columbia1,374
Ukraine1,225

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybirch family · Betulaceae
Genusbirches · Betula

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