﻿Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch 



Betula ]euta L. 

 lod staminate 



1. A twig showing pistillate 



aments x V> 

 ■2 Bract and bracteoles from staminate ament 

 sliowing stamen^, distal view x 3 



3. Staminate flowers witli subtending bracts, 



and sepals, axile view x 3 - - 



4. Bract and bracteoles from pistillate aments 8. )^inged nutlet x ^ 



showing styles, abaxile view x 3 9. Winter twig x Vi 



bracts. 



5. Pistillate flowers with subteiiiliiu 



axile view x 3 . .^■ 



G. A twig showing mature leaves and truiting 

 strobiles x In 



7 Scale from fruiting strobile, abasile view 

 X 3 



