Betulaceae
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| Missing image Alnusglutinosa1web.jpg Alnus glutinosa Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) | ||||||||||
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Betulaceae, or the Birch Family, includes two genera of trees and shrubs, the birches and the alders. The family is often treated as also including the Corylaceae: hazels, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams.
Example species of the two genera are:
- Alnus - Alders
- Alnus glutinosa - Black Alder
- Alnus incana - Grey Alder
- Alnus rubra - Red alder
- Alnus viridis - Green Alder
- Betula - Birches
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Betula papyrifera - Paper Birch
- Betula nigra - River Birch
External link
Kew checklist - Fagales (http://www.kew.org/wcb/aboutfag.html)
Fagales
Betulaceae - Corylaceae - Fagaceae - Ticodendraceae - Casuarinaceae - Juglandaceae - Rhoipteleaceae - Myricaceaeda:Birke-familien (Betulaceae) de:Birkengewächse es:Betulaceae eo:Betulacoj fr:Betulaceae lt:Beržiniai augalai nl:Betulaceae no:Bjørkefamilien pl:Brzozowate