| Family | BETULACEAE |
| Genus species | Betula humilis Schrank |
| Bibliography | Baier. Fl. 1: 420 (1789) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Eurasia to Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets |
| Description | young branchlets hirsute and glandular verrucose, leaves ovate, 12-35mm, basally tapered, apically acute and irregularly dentate, green and glabrous on both faces |
| Size | 50-300cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C grafting in early spring |
| Synonyms | Betula extremiorientalis Kuzen. & V.N.Vassil. Betula fruticans Pall. Betula fruticosa ssp. extremiorientalis (Kuzen. & V.N.Vassil.) Vorosch. Betula humilis f. calcarata Perfil. Betula humilis var. camtschatica Regel Betula humilis var. commutata Regel Betula humilis f. crispa Perfil. Betula humilis var. cuneata Perfil. Betula humilis f. elliptica Perfil. Betula humilis var. genuina Regel Betula humilis f. obovata Perfil. Betula humilis f. ovata Perfil. Betula humilis var. oycowiensis Nyman Betula humilis var. socolowii Regel Betula humilis var. subcordata Perfil. Betula humilis var. vulgaris Perfil. Betula kamtschatica H.Buek Betula myrsinoides Tausch Betula oycowiensis Rchb. Betula palustris Rupr. Betula sibirica Lodd. ex Regel Betula socolowii J.Jacq. ex Regel Chamaebetula humilis (Schrank) Opiz |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |