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Purpus' Birch
Betula × purpusii
Betula × purpusii is a species of birch native to the north-central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is a naturally-occurring hybrid of the species B. alleghaniensis and B. pumila.
Under the synonym Betula × murrayana or Murray birch, it is assessed as a critically endangered species.
From the article Betula × purpusii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The tree can be up to 15 meters in height and usually has several trunks. The bark of the mature trees is usually dark red-reddish brown and has horizontally-expanded lenticels. Its leaves are 5–11 centimeters × 3–6 centimeters.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 170541.