Betulaceae
Gray birch
Betula populifolia
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
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Common names
By language (9)
- Dutch
- Populierbladige berk
- English
- Gray birch, Fire birch, Old field birch, White birch, Wire birch, Grey birch
- Esperanto
- Poplofolia betulo
- Finnish
- Poppelikoivu
- French
- Bouleau a feuilles de peuplier, Bouleau gris, Bouleau rouge
- German
- Grau-Birke, Pappelblättrige Birke, Graubirke
- Polish
- Brzoza topololistna
- Spanish
- Abedul gris
- Turkish
- Boz huş, Kavak yapraklı huş
Synonyms
- Betula acuminata Ehrh.
- Betula alba subsp. populifolia (Marshall) Regel
- Betula alba var. populifolia (Marshall) Spach
- Betula cuspidata Schrad. ex Regel
- Betula excelsa var. canadensis Wangenh.
- Betula lenta var. populifolia (Marshall) Castigl.
- Betula populifolia f. incisifolia Fernald
- Betula populifolia f. laciniata (Loudon)
- Betula populifolia f. pendula (Loudon) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Betula populifolia f. populifolia
- Betula populifolia f. purpurea (Ellw. & P.Barry) C.K.Schneid.
- Betula populifolia unranked purpurea Ellw. & P.Barry
- Betula populifolia var. laciniata Loudon
- Betula populifolia var. pendula Loudon
- Betula populifolia var. purpurea (Ellw. & P.Barry) Rehder
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Batsv, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, 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.