Betulaceae
Paper birch
Betula papyrifera
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- سندر
- Armenian
- Կեչի թղթյա
- arz
- سندر
- atj
- Wikwasatikw
- Belarusian
- Бяроза папяровая
- Bulgarian
- Кенайска бреза
- Chinese
- 北美白桦, 北美白樺, 凯纳纸皮桦, 纸桦
- Czech
- Bříza papírovitá
- Dutch
- Papierberk
- English
- Paper birch, Canoe birch, White birch, Silver birch, Kenai birch
- Esperanto
- Papera betulo
- Estonian
- Paberikask
- Finnish
- Paperikoivu
- French
- Bouleau à papier, Bouleau blanc, Bouleau à canot, Bouleau á papier
- German
- Papier-Birke, Amerikanische Weiß-Birke, Amerikanische Weißbirke, Kanu-Birke, Kanubirke, Papierbirke
- Hebrew
- שדר הנייר
- Hungarian
- Papírnyír
- Icelandic
- Næfurbjörk, Alaskabjörk
- Irish
- Beith gheal
- Japanese
- アメリカシラカンバ
- Latvian
- Papīrbērzs
- Lithuanian
- Popieržievis beržas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Papirbjørk
- oj
- Wiigwaas
- Persian
- توس کاغذی
- Polish
- Brzoza papierowa
- Russian
- Берёза бумажная, Береза бумажная, Берёза американская белая, Берёза канойская, Берёза кенайская
- Serbian
- Папираста бреза
- Slovak
- Breza papierovitá
- Spanish
- Abedul de los canoes, Abedul de los cánoes, Abedul papirifero, Abedul papirífero, American White Birch, Canoe Birch, Paper Birch
- Swedish
- Pappersbjörk
- Tatar
- Ак каен
- Turkish
- Kâğıt huşu
Synonyms
- Betula alba lus. latifolia
- Betula alba subsp. excelsa (Aiton) Regel
- Betula alba subsp. latifolia (Tausch) Regel
- Betula alba subsp. papyrifera (Marshall) Regel
- Betula alba var. communis Regel
- Betula alba var. commutata Regel
- Betula alba var. elobata Fernald
- Betula alba var. papyrifera (Marshall) Spach
- Betula davurica var. americana Regel
- Betula excelsa L. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Betula excelsa Aiton
- Betula grandis Schrad.
- Betula kamtschatica var. kenaica (W.H.Evans) C.-A.Jansson
- Betula kenaica W.H.Evans
- Betula latifolia Tausch
- Betula lenta var. papyrifera (Marshall) Castigl.
- Betula lyalliana (Koehne ex Schelle) Bean
- Betula montanensis Rydb. ex B.T.Butler
- Betula neoalaskana var. kenaica (W.H.Evans) B.Boivin
- Betula papyracea Aiton
- Betula papyracea var. communis Schelle
- Betula papyracea var. grandis (Schrad.) Schelle
- Betula papyracea var. lyalliana Schelle
- Betula papyrifera f. coriacea Fernald & Wiegand
- Betula papyrifera f. elobata (Fernald) B.Boivin
- Betula papyrifera f. longipes Fernald
- Betula papyrifera f. nana B.Boivin
- Betula papyrifera f. papyrifera
- Betula papyrifera subsp. commutata (Regel) A.E.Murray
- Betula papyrifera subsp. kenaica (W.H.Evans) A.E.Murray
- Betula papyrifera subsp. subcordata (Rydb. ex B.T.Butler) A.E.Murray
- Betula papyrifera var. andrewsii Daniels
- Betula papyrifera var. communis Regel ex Schelle
- Betula papyrifera var. commutata (Regel) Fernald
- Betula papyrifera var. elobata (Fernald) Sarg.
- Betula papyrifera var. kenaica (W.H.Evans) A.Henry
- Betula papyrifera var. lyalliana Koehne ex Schelle
- Betula papyrifera var. macrostachya Fernald
- Betula papyrifera var. montanensis (Rydb. ex B.T.Butler) Sarg.
- Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera
and 5 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 79 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guerric Haché, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guerric Haché, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rboles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dezene Huber, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tristan Lindgren, CC0, 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.