Betula potaninii

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Betula potaninii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Betula potaninii, Batal. (B. Wilsonii. Bean). (After No. 7.) Shrub, to 10 ft., usually with spreading and prostrate branches, in its native habitat often hanging down over cliffs: branchlets densely brownish pubescent: lvs. short-petioled, ovate, acute, rounded or cuneate at base, irregularly, often doubly serrate, with 13-20 pairs of veins, dark green above, densely brownish pubescent beneath, 3/4 – 1 3/4 in. long: cones 3/4 in. long: scales with the middle lobe at least twice as long as the rounded lateral lobes. W. China. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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