Betulaceae
Dwarf birch
Betula nana
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
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Common names
By language (47)
- Arabic
- بتولا قزمة
- arz
- بيتولا نانا
- Basque
- Urki nano
- Belarusian
- Бяроза карлікавая
- Bulgarian
- Ниска бреза, Бреза джудже
- Catalan
- Bedoll nan
- Chinese
- 圆叶桦, 矮桦, 矮樺, 欧洲矮桦
- cv
- Карликла хурăн
- Czech
- Bříza zakrslá, Bříza trpasličí
- Danish
- Dværg-Birk, Dværgbirk
- Dutch
- Dwergberk
- English
- Dwarf birch, Arctic dwarf birch, Bog birch, Scrub birch, Swamp birch
- Esperanto
- Nana betulo
- Estonian
- Vaevakask
- Ewe
- Madal kask
- Finnish
- Vaivaiskoivu
- French
- Bouleau nain, Bouleau nain d'Europe
- Georgian
- Ქონდარა არყი
- German
- Zwerg-Birke, Strauch-Birke, Polar-Birke, Zwergbirke
- gv
- Beih veg
- hsb
- Mólička brěza, Madal kask
- Icelandic
- Fjalldrapi, Drapi, Fjallhrapi
- Japanese
- ヒメカンバ
- Kazakh
- Tırbıqtoğaý, Тырбықтоғай, تىربىقتوعاي
- kl
- Avaalaqiaq, Avaalagiaq, Avaalaqiak
- Latvian
- Pundurbērzs
- li
- Liekninis beržas
- Lithuanian
- Beržas keružis, Zemais bērzs
- Macedonian
- Џуџеста бреза
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergbjørk, Dvergbjerk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dvergbjørk, Kjerringris
- Persian
- توس کوتوله
- Polish
- Brzoza karłowata, Brzoza niska
- Romanian
- Mesteacăn pitic, Mesteacănul pitic
- Russian
- Берёза карликовая, Берёза карличная, Берёза малорослая, Берёзка карликовая, Берёзовый стланец, Ерник, Карликовая берёза
- sah
- Ыарҕа
- se
- Skierri
- Serbian
- Патуљаста бреза
- sjd
- Кӣрре
- sma
- Skierrie
- smj
- Skierre
- smn
- Skierri
- sms
- Jeäʹǧǧreʹss
- Spanish
- Abedul enano
- Swedish
- Dvärgbjörk
- Ukrainian
- Береза карликова
- Welsh
- Corfedwen corfedw
Synonyms
- Alnus nana (L.) Clairv.
- Betula alba subsp. nana (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Betula crenata Rydb. ex E.J.Butler
- Betula glandulosa f. intermedia Kurtz
- Betula littelliana Tucker
- Betula nana f. magnifolia Hartz
- Betula nana f. reducta (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Betula nana subsp. nana
- Betula nana subsp. relicta (Th.Fr. ex Gürke) Nyman
- Betula nana subsp. tundrarum (Perfil.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Betula nana var. borealis Regel
- Betula nana var. europaea Ledeb.
- Betula nana var. flabellifolia Hook.
- Betula nana var. genuina Regel
- Betula nana var. intermedia Regel
- Betula nana var. macrophylla Kindb.
- Betula nana var. macrophylla Gaudin
- Betula nana var. reducta Hultén
- Betula nana var. relicta Th.Fr. ex Gürke
- Betula nanaeformis Lindb. ex Kindb.
- Betula tundrarum Perfil.
- Betula viminea Kindb.
- Betula viminea var. serrulata Kindb.
- Chamaebetula acutifolia Opiz
- Chamaebetula nana (L.) Opiz
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 40 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kuzia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jojoo64, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jojoo64, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.