index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS CLASS ROSIDAE CLASS ROSIDAE CLASS ROSIDAE
FAMILY BETULACEAE


Family BETULACEAE (Birch Family)



BBALLBLU.GIF Inception: end of the Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago
Origin: central China
130 species


RULERSPINgif includes six genera
birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams
RULERMAR RULERYEL
Genus ALNUS
ALNUSLOGO.JPG, 8 kB
BANAST15gif Genus ALNUS
ALDERS
Alnus - Alder

RULERYEL
Betula - Birch
SILVERBIRCHLOGO.JPG, 3 kB
BANAST15gif Genus BETULA
Birch

RULERYEL
Carpinus - Hornbeam
Ostrya - Hop-hornbeam
Ostryopsis - Hazel-hornbeam

RULERYEL
Genus Corylus - Hazel
HAZELLOGO.JPG, 3 kB
BANAST15gif Genus Corylus
Hazels

RULERMAR


RULERBOWGIF