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Betula dahurica (Asian Black Birch)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Betula dahurica (Chinese: 黑桦; pinyin: hei hua) or Asian black birch is a species of birch which is native to China, Japan, Korea, eastern Mongolia, and Russian Far East. It was introduced to the United Kingdom and also grows in Arnold Arboretum. In Japan, it usually grows in Nobeyama in Nagano Prefecture in the island of Honshu where it is considered to be endangered. Small population of them can also be found on Hokkaido and Kuril Islands.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve V 619089 Jilin, China  

Predators

Choristoneura evanidana[3]
Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (European fruit scale)[4]
Nymphalis antiopa (camberwell beauty)[3]
Phenacoccus trichonotus[4]
Spilococcus pacificus[4]

External References

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0