EPPO Global Database

Betula nana(BETNA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BETNA
  • Preferred name: Betula nana
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Northern and eastern Europe, Siberia, extending westwards to Greenland, northern Canada and Alaska. American sources distinguish subsp. exilis, corresponding to the Siberian, Alaskan, and northwest Canadian range. Subsp. nana then occupies the European range, together with Greenland and northeastern Canada 

Genome sequence published in 2013


Common names
Name Language
arctic birch English
arctic dwarf birch English
dwarf arctic birch English
dwarf birch English (GB)
Kriech-Birke German
Zwerg-Birke German
bouleau nain French
betulla nana Italian
bétula-anã Portuguese
vidoeiro-anão Portuguese
dvärgbjörk Swedish
берёза карликовая Russian
dværg-birk Danish
dvergbjørk Norwegian
vaivaiskoivu Finnish
brzoza karłowata Polish
törpe nyír Hungarian
bříza trpasličí Czech
σημύδα νανοφυής Greek
fjalldrapi Icelandic
mesteacăn pitic Romanian
breza trpasličia Slovak