Betula lenta

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Family:	BETULACEAE
Species:	Betula lenta L.
Common Name:	Sweet Birch; Cherry Birch
Habitat:	Immature woodlands and rocky slopes.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Tree
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	BELE
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, FACU (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	BETULACEAE - Birch family
Genus	Betula
Species	Betula lenta L. - Sweet Birch; Cherry Birch

Citation

Citation	Betula lenta Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 983. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	Without data, (lectotype: LINN 1109.8). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis, Order out of Chaos 349. 2007.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, St. Clair, Talladega, Winston

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1881 - 1982

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
JSU105250	Cherokee	11 Jun 1987	Dickson, Catherine C. 402	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
AUA000009566	DeKalb	19 Aug 1981	Henderson, T. 419	AUA Betula Lenta L.
JSU105256	Clay	05 Nov 1983	Bussey, Melanie G. 948	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UWAL0007799	St. Clair	04 Nov 2007	Keener, Brian R. 4016	UWAL Betula lenta Linnaeus
AUA000009568	Jackson	28 Aug 1970	Kral, Robert 40794	AUA Betula Lenta L.
UNA00012225		30 Jul 1896	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Betula lenta L.
AUA000009569	Talladega	15 Sep 1983	Griffin, Tina 87	AUA Betula Lenta L.
AMAL00010365	DeKalb	25 Sep 1993	Dobson, Terri L. 206	AMAL Betula lenta Linnaeus
UWAL0017060	Cleburne	21 Jun 2014	Keener, Brian R. 8513	UWAL Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU107803	Jackson	04 May 1994	Spaulding, Daniel D. 6050	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU107801	Jackson	30 Apr 1999	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1772	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105275	DeKalb	11 May 1983	Nixon, Christopher F. 125	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105277	DeKalb	03 Aug 1976	Whetstone, R. David 8805	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105279	Etowah	06 May 1996	Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M. 4447	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU107802	Jackson	19 Mar 1999	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10555	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000032077	Jackson	27 Aug 2009	Barger, T. Wayne 313	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105280	Jackson	30 Jun 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 8997	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105271	DeKalb	03 Oct 1979	Snow, David G. 032	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105263	Cleburne	14 Sep 1982	Bussey, Melanie G. 313	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105251	Cherokee	31 May 1968	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000016963	Clay	06 May 1967	Sanford, S. s.n.	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105270	DeKalb	24 Sep 1993	Hodge, Lesley M. 630	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU146219	Cleburne	18 Aug 1992	Hutchinson, Francine 860	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000041092	Cleburne	29 Jun 2012	Keener, Brian R. 7375	TROY Betula lenta L.
JSU107804	Jackson	28 Aug 1970	Kral, Robert 40794	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105259	Clay	06 May 1967	Prater, Pat s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UWAL0011855	Cleburne	29 Jun 2012	Keener, Brian R. 7375	UWAL Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105261	Cleburne	07 May 1983	Bussey, Melanie G. 623	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UNA00012226		30 Jul 1896	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Betula lenta L.
JSU105253	Clay	14 May 1971	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UNA00048722	Lawrence	11 Sep 1982	Haynes, Robert R. 8685	UNA Betula lenta L.
UNA00012228	Winston	04 May 1881	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Betula lenta L.
AUA000009563	Clay	30 Apr 1968	O'Neal, Judy	AUA Betula Lenta L.
AUA000009564	DeKalb	24 Jul 1970	Morris, Kermit 87	AUA Betula Lenta L.
UNA00021756	Marshall	10 Aug 1973	Kral, Robert 51115	UNA Betula lenta L.
JSU107805	Marshall	07 Aug 1994	Spaulding, Daniel D. 6754	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105255	Clay	05 Nov 1983	Bussey, Melanie G. 948	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
AUA000009565	DeKalb	30 Apr 1966	Searcy, James W.	AUA Betula Lenta L.
AUA000009567	DeKalb	4 Jul 1986	Diamond, Alvin R. 2610	AUA Betula Lenta L.
JSU105278	Etowah	16 Sep 1995	Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M. 4355	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
AMAL00009804	DeKalb	08 Aug 1993	MacDonald, John R. 6564	AMAL Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105262	Cleburne	01 Oct 1987	Alford, J. Erik 151	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU107806	Morgan	29 Mar 1997	Whetstone, R. David s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105254	Clay	06 May 1967	Reynolds, Elaine s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105267	Cleburne	07 May 1983	Bussey, Melanie G. s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000044525	Clay	21 Jun 2014	Keener, Brian R. 8513	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105276	DeKalb	22 Jun 1968	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000017502	St. Clair	04 Nov 2007	Keener, Brian R. 4016	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105273	DeKalb	24 Oct 1992	Ballard, J. Mark 793	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UNA00050080	DeKalb	3 Aug 1976	Whetstone, R. David 8805	UNA Betula lenta L.
TROY000016964	Cleburne	18 Sep 1986	Moore, C.M. 72	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105252	Cherokee	09 May 1970	Kral, Robert 39056	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105269	Cullman	06 Oct 1979	Preiss, Lucinda s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UNA00012224	Winston	23 Sep 1970	Kral, Robert 41240	UNA Betula lenta L.
JSU105266	Cleburne	07 May 1983	Bussey, Melanie G. 637	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000016966	Jackson	30 Apr 1999	Brodeur, Kristin R. 1772	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105258	Clay	14 May 1971	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
TROY000016965	DeKalb	05 May 1987	Dickson, Catherine C. 966	TROY Betula lenta Linnaeus
UNA00012227	DeKalb	15 Sep 1898	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Betula lenta L.
JSU105257	Clay	22 Oct 1994	Ballard, J. Mark 5235	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
UWAL0037288	DeKalb	14 May 2016	Spaulding, Daniel D. 14618	UWAL Betula lenta L.
ALNHS00001187	Winston	14 Aug 2012	Barger, T. Wayne SP#688	ALNHS Betula lenta L.
JSU105268	Cullman	04 Jul 1997	Spaulding, Daniel D. 9702	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105260	Cleburne	08 Nov 1984	Nixon, Christopher F. 1007	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105264	Cleburne	30 Apr 1968	Stuart, Martha s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105272	DeKalb	24 Sep 1993	Hodge, Lesley M. 630	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105274	DeKalb	16 May 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 1665	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU105265	Cleburne	12 Mar 1981	Whetstone, R. David 10440	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus
JSU143241	Clay	24 Jun 1969	Bigbee, Diane s.n.	JSU Betula lenta Linnaeus

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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