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Betulaceae

Birch family

Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fagales
Family:Betulaceae
Genera

Alnus – Alders
Betula – Birches

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:

External link

Kew checklist – Fagales

Fagales

Betulaceae – Corylaceae – Fagaceae – Ticodendraceae – Casuarinaceae – Juglandaceae – Rhoipteleaceae – Myricaceae








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