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Betula lenta
sweet birch / black birch

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Infradivision Angiospermae

Family Name Betulaceae / alder, birch

Botanical Name Betula lenta

Common Names sweet birch / black birch

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Southern Maine to southern Ontario, south to eastern Ohio and Delaware, along the mountains to Alabama and Georgia.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests
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