Checklists of Cultivars inBetula(Birch)

Abstract More than 80 cultivar names applied to selections of 12 birch (Betula) taxa are listed and discussed. Birch species included areB. albosinensis, B. ermanii, B. lenta, B. medwediewii, B. nana, B. nigra, B. papyrifera, B. pendula, B. platyphylla, B. populifolia, B. pubescens, andB. utilis. Some cultivars of putative hybrid (B. pendula × B. pubescens) parentage are also noted.