Betulaceae
Sweet birch
Betula lenta
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- بتولا حلوة
- arz
- بيتولا لينتا
- Basque
- Urki gerezikara
- Belarusian
- Бяроза вішанная
- Bulgarian
- Черешова бреза
- Chinese
- 山樺
- Czech
- Bříza tuhá
- Dutch
- Suikerberk
- English
- Sweet birch, Black birch, Cherry birch, Mahogany birch, Spice birch, Red birch, Round-leaf birch
- Finnish
- Sokerikoivu
- French
- Bouleau flexible
- German
- Zucker-Birke
- Hungarian
- Cukornyír
- Icelandic
- Sætbjörk
- Latvian
- Sīkstais bērzs
- Lithuanian
- Kvapusis beržas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sukkerbjørk
- Polish
- Brzoza cukrowa
- Russian
- Берёза вишнёвая
- Swedish
- Körsbärsbjörk
Synonyms
- Betula lenta subsp. lenta
- Betula lenta var. genuina Regel
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: pachips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paul Terkelsen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bill Keim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: El Grafo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Kirsten, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Corey Fuhrer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.