Common Names - Birch Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - S.F. Gray | Total Number of genera - 6 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 130 |
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub | |
World Distribution - Temperate. North temperate, tropical mountains, Andes, Argentina, North America | |
Comments - Includes large commercial volumes of Birch |
1 - Alnus. 2 - Betula. 3 - Carpinus. 4 - Corylus. 5 - Ostrya. |