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Definition of Betula populifolia
1. Noun. Medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree.
Group relationships: Betula, Genus Betula
Generic synonyms: Birch, Birch Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betula Populifolia
Literary usage of Betula populifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"betula populifolia Marsh. Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) White Birch (local and com-
Oldfield Birch, Poverty Birch Gray Birch (Me., RI, Poplar-leaved Birch, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"betula populifolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 19. 1785. B, alba var. populifolia Spach, Ann.
Sei. Nat. (II.) 15: 187. 1841. A slender tree with very white smooth bark, ..."
3. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"(betula populifolia) A small tree found on dry and poor soil; rarely 50 feet high.
Wood soft, close-grained, not strong, splits in drying, ..."
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