Difference between revisions of "Betula murrayana"

B. V. Barnes & Dancik

Canad. J. Bot. 63: 226. 1985.

Common names: Murray's birch
Conservation concernEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree some measurement"><b>Trees,</b> to 15 m;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="trunk quantity">trunks usually several.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bark coloration;bark coloration;bark coloration;bark architecture or pubescence or relief;bark arrangement;trunk life cycle"><b>Bark </b>of mature trunk and branches dark red to reddish-brown, smooth, close;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="lenticel coloration;lenticel prominence;lenticel size">lenticels pale, conspicuous, horizontally expanded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="twig odor;twig odor;twig odor;gland size;gland coating"><b>Twigs </b>with taste and odor of wintergreen when crushed, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, covered with small resinous glands.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;pair quantity;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade ovate with 7–10 pairs of lateral-veins, 5–11 × 3–6 cm, base cuneate, margins sharply and obscurely doubly serrate, apex acute or only slightly acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces abaxially sparsely pubescent to glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="infructescence orientation;infructescence shape;infructescence length;infructescence width;infructescence condition"><b>Infructescences </b>erect, ovoid, 2–4 × 1.5–3 cm, remaining intact for a period after release of fruits in late fall;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="scale pubescence;scale pubescence;scale pubescence;lobe orientation;lobe architecture;lobe length">scales sparsely pubescent to glabrous, lobes ascending, branching at middle, slightly unequal in length.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="wing width"><b>Samaras </b>with wings narrower than body, broadest near summit, not extended beyond body apically.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="samara width;samara width;samara size;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 112.</span><!--
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> to 15 m; trunks usually several. <b>Bark</b> of mature trunk and branches dark red to reddish brown, smooth, close; lenticels pale, conspicuous, horizontally expanded. <b>Twigs</b> with taste and odor of wintergreen when crushed, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, covered with small resinous glands. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate with 7–10 pairs of lateral veins, 5–11 × 3–6 cm, base cuneate, margins sharply and obscurely doubly serrate, apex acute or only slightly acuminate; surfaces abaxially sparsely pubescent to glabrous. <b>Infructescences</b> erect, ovoid, 2–4 × 1.5–3 cm, remaining intact for a period after release of fruits in late fall; scales sparsely pubescent to glabrous, lobes ascending, branching at middle, slightly unequal in length. <b>Samaras</b> with wings narrower than body, broadest near summit, not extended beyond body apically. <b>2n</b> = 112.</span><!--
  
 
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--><p>Betula murrayana is an octoploid derivative of Betula × purpusii (= B. alleghaniensis Britton × B. pumila Linnaeus) (B. V. Barnes and B. P. Dancik 1985). It is intermediate between B. alleghaniensis and B. pumila in most vegetative features, but in characters such as leaf size, it approaches B. alleghaniensis.</p>
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--><p><i>Betula murrayana</i> is an octoploid derivative of <i>Betula</i> × purpusii (= <i>B. alleghaniensis</i> Britton × <i>B. pumila</i> Linnaeus) (B. V. Barnes and B. P. Dancik 1985). It is intermediate between <i>B. alleghaniensis</i> and <i>B. pumila</i> in most vegetative features, but in characters such as leaf size, it approaches <i>B. alleghaniensis</i>.</p>
 
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|gland coating=resinous
 
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|infructescence condition=intact
 
|infructescence length=2cm;4cm
 
|infructescence orientation=erect
 
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|lenticel coloration=pale
 
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Revision as of 00:01, 28 May 2020

Trees, to 15 m; trunks usually several. Bark of mature trunk and branches dark red to reddish brown, smooth, close; lenticels pale, conspicuous, horizontally expanded. Twigs with taste and odor of wintergreen when crushed, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, covered with small resinous glands. Leaf blade ovate with 7–10 pairs of lateral veins, 5–11 × 3–6 cm, base cuneate, margins sharply and obscurely doubly serrate, apex acute or only slightly acuminate; surfaces abaxially sparsely pubescent to glabrous. Infructescences erect, ovoid, 2–4 × 1.5–3 cm, remaining intact for a period after release of fruits in late fall; scales sparsely pubescent to glabrous, lobes ascending, branching at middle, slightly unequal in length. Samaras with wings narrower than body, broadest near summit, not extended beyond body apically. 2n = 112.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Wet, swampy forests containing Betula pumila
Elevation: 0–300 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Betula murrayana is an octoploid derivative of Betula × purpusii (= B. alleghaniensis Britton × B. pumila Linnaeus) (B. V. Barnes and B. P. Dancik 1985). It is intermediate between B. alleghaniensis and B. pumila in most vegetative features, but in characters such as leaf size, it approaches B. alleghaniensis.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.