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Dwarf White Birch, Betula minor (Tuckerm.) Fern.

Height: A coarse shrub up to 2 m high.

Twigs: Hairless and often covered with glandular dots. Older bark is dark brown and shiny.

Leaves: Alternate, ovate, 1-1.5 cm long, coarsely toothed, shiny, hairless and often sticky on both surfaces, and lighter underneath.

Cones: Erect, on short stalks, oblong-oval, and 1.5-3.5 cm long. Bracts have 3 ascending lobes. The wings are as broad as or broader than the nutlet.

Habitat: Rocky barrens, turfy and rocky slopes, alpine crests, and in damp hillside thickets of western and northern Newfoundland, and southern Labrador.

Source: Native Trees and Shrubs
of Newfoundland and Labrador
By A. Glen Ryan

Used with permission from
Parks and Natural Areas Division
Department of Environment and Conservation
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 1995