Betulaceae
River birch
Betula nigra
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
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Common names
By language (28)
- arz
- بيتولا نيجرا
- Asturian
- Bidul prieta
- azb
- قارا توز آغاجی
- Azerbaijani
- Qara tozağacı
- ba
- Ҡара ҡайын
- Bulgarian
- Черна бреза
- Chinese
- 水樺, 河桦, 河樺
- Czech
- Bříza černá
- Dutch
- Rode berk, Zwarte berk
- English
- River birch, Black birch, Red birch, Water birch
- Esperanto
- Nigra betulo
- Finnish
- Mustakoivu
- French
- Bouleau noir
- German
- Schwarz-Birke, Fluss-Birke
- Hungarian
- Fekete nyír
- Icelandic
- Svartbjörk
- Indonesian
- Birken hitam
- koi
- Сьӧд кыдз
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svartbjørk
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Svartbjørk
- Persian
- توس سیاه
- Polish
- Brzoza nadrzeczna
- Portuguese
- Bétula de rio, Bétula de água, Bétula preta
- Russian
- Берёза чёрная, Береза речная, Берёза речная
- Spanish
- Abedul de agua, Abedul fluvial, Abedul negro, Abedul negro americano
- Swedish
- Svartbjörk
- Turkish
- Kara huş
- udm
- Сьӧд кызьпу
Synonyms
- Betula americana Buc'hoz
- Betula lanulosa Michx.
- Betula nigra unranked pendula Paul
- Betula nigra var. parvifolia Regel
- Betula rubra F.Michx.
- Betula rupestris Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Baummapper, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:Nino Barbieri, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plant Image Library, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fisherip789, CC BY 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.