Betulaceae
Water birch
Betula occidentalis
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bulgarian
- Западна бреза
- English
- Water birch, Black birch, Mountain birch, Red birch, River birch, Western birch
- Estonian
- Läänekask
- Finnish
- Jokikoivu
- French
- Bouleau fontinal, Bouleau occidental
- Icelandic
- Lindabjörk
- Persian
- توس غربی
- Russian
- Берёза западная
Synonyms
- Betula alba f. occidentalis (Hook.) Fernald
- Betula alba subsp. occidentalis (Hook.) Regel
- Betula beeniana A.Nelson
- Betula elrodiana E.J.Butler
- Betula fontinalis Sarg.
- Betula fontinalis f. inopina Jeps.
- Betula fontinalis var. inopina (Jeps.) Jeps.
- Betula microphylla var. fontinalis (Sarg.) M.E.Jones
- Betula microphylla var. occidentalis (Hook.) M.E.Jones
- Betula occidentalis f. inopina Jeps.
- Betula occidentalis subsp. inopina (Jeps.) A.E.Murray
- Betula occidentalis var. inopina (Jeps.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Betula occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Betula papyracea var. occidentalis (Hook.) Dippel
- Betula papyrifera subsp. occidentalis (Hook.) Hultén
- Betula papyrifera var. occidentalis (Hook.) Sarg.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.