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Dwarf Birch

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Dwarf Birch 

(Betula nana), a plant in the birch family. It is a low shrub, 20–70 cm high, rarely reaching 1.5 m. The leathery leaves are round, have short stalks, and have blunt-toothed edges; they reach 2 cm in width and have a dense and sharply projecting system of veins on the bottom side. Dwarf birches form vast thickets in arctic and cold regions. In forest zones, they grow in swamps. In the USSR they are encountered primarily in the north, reaching the Enisei River in the east. The leaves of the dwarf birch serve as food for deer, and the wood is used as fuel. Closely related to this species are the shrubs B. exilis, B. rotundifolia, and B. middendorffii.

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Arkticheskaia flora SSSR, issue 5. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

A. P. SHIMANIUK
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Plants boosted by the restoration work include one of England's rarest trees - the bonsai-like dwarf birch, usually found in much colder climates.
The bog that has got out of the mire; Vital wetland restored to ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Dwarf birch and arctic willow spread in a crimson carpet across the landscape for our arrival.
Flaming tundra bull: in the Far North, the weather, the beauty, the ... by Wells, Curt / Bowhunter
To cut a long story short, I found my own grumpy ptarmigans feeding on dwarf birch and juniper on a vertiginous scree slope, and plenty of snow buntings to boot, but I also managed to get lost in the dense fog and wild blizzard that blew up from nowhere.
. . ON COUNTRY MATTERS by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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