Betulaceae
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| 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
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Fagales
Betulaceae – Corylaceae – Fagaceae – Ticodendraceae – Casuarinaceae – Juglandaceae – Rhoipteleaceae – Myricaceae
Categories: Fagales | Plant families