Betulaceae
Alnus - Alders
Betula - Birches
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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 - Speckled alder
- Alnus rubra - Red alder
- Alnus viridis - Green or Mountain alder
- Betula - Birches
