. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Betula coerulea Blanchard. H95- Blue Birch. Fig. Betula coerulea Blanchard, Betula 1. 1904. B. coerulea-grandis Blanchard, loc. cit. 1904. A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 65° and a trunk diameter of 2°, the bark white, readily peeling off in thin layers, the young twigs somewhat pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaves ovate, 2-4$' long, serrate, lon
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Betula coerulea Blanchard. H95- Blue Birch. Fig. Betula coerulea Blanchard, Betula 1. 1904. B. coerulea-grandis Blanchard, loc. cit. 1904. A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 65° and a trunk diameter of 2°, the bark white, readily peeling off in thin layers, the young twigs somewhat pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaves ovate, 2-4$' long, serrate, long-acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, when mature glabrous and dull bluish-green above, slightly pubescent on the veins beneath, the petioles slender, about 1' long; staminate aments ii'-3' long; pistillate aments cylindric, about 1' long, on stalks about one-half as long; fruiting bracts with divergent lateral lobes; nut much narrower than its wings. Hillsides, Quebec to Manitoba, Maine and Vermont. sembles the European Betula pendula Roth. Re-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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