Betulaceae

Name Height Leaf Fruit Region
Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
25' - 40', can be 60' alternate, simple, tapering to long tip, 2.5" - 5" by 1" - 2" flattish nut, .25", enclosed in a sac, .75" Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian, southern Boreal, and eastern Grasslands
Blue-beech
Carpinus caroliniana
20' alternate, simple,rounded at base, 2" - 4" by .75" - 1.75" ribbed nut in leaf-like structure, 1" Deciduous and southern Great Lakes - St. Lawrence
Yellow Birch
Betula alleghanianis
60' - 75', can be 100' oval, tapering to sharp point, toothed erect, with scales, 1.25" by .63" Deciduous, Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian, part of eastern Boreal
Cherry Birch
Betula lenta
40' - 50' oval, finely toothed, 3" fruiting bodies, 1" - 1.25" by .5" Niagara Peninsula
White Birch
Betula papryrifera
80' triangular or oval, partly toothed, 3.25" fruiting bodies, 1.5" - .25" most of Canada
Alaska Birch
Betula neoalaskana
20' - 40' triangular to oval fruiting bodies, blunt tipped, 1.25" - .38" western Boreal
Water Birch
Betula occidentalis
20', can be 35' broadly oval, sharp teeth, .75" - 2" fruiting body, blunt tipped, 1" - 1.5" by .19" - .38" most of western Canada except Coast
Grey Birch
Betula populifolia
35' triangular, long tip, toothed, 2.5" fruiting body, blunt tip, .38" by .19" eastern Great Lakes - St. Lawrence, Acadian
Red Alder
Alnus rubra
80' oval to rhombic, tapered both ends, toothed oval fruiting body, winged, .75" Coast
Speckled Alder
Alnus rugosa
20' - 30' oval, toothed, 2" - 4" oval fruiting body, winged, .63" by .31" Saskatchewan eastward
Mountain Alder
Alnus tenuifolia
can be 45' like A. rugosa, except thinner, smoother, and veins not impressed like A. rugosa Saskatchewan westward except Coast
Sitka Alder
Alnus sinuata
can reach 40' broadly oval, no teeth near stalk, tapered to tip fruiting body, in clusters, .5" British Columbia to Rocky Mountains and to Boreal