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PLANTS

Resin birch

Betula glandulosa

Plants
NativeShrubPerennial
Resin birch, In fruit
Resin birch, In flower
Resin birch, Colored leaves

Perennial shrub. Grows in marshes and in mountains.

There are 1,080 observations of Resin birch in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord450
  2. Nord-du-Québec354
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean164
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine58
  5. Capitale-Nationale33
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue11
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  8. Lanaudière2

Habitat

ConifersMario Hains
MarshAlexander Rumpel
MountainPoutineExtraFromage

Similar species

Bog birchBetula nana
Bog birchBetula pumila
European white birchBetula pendula
European Green AlderAlnus alnobetula
Newfoundland dwarf birchBetula michauxii
Gray alderAlnus incana
Bog blueberryVaccinium uliginosum
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides