| Family | BETULACEAE |
| Genus species | Betula nana L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 983 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to Mountains of Europe, e. Subarctic America |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | branchlets erect, minutely pubescent in first two years, leaves rounded, never acute, 6-12mm long, crenate, adaxially bright dark green, abaxially reticulate |
| Size | 50-150cm |
| 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 | Alnus nana (L.) Clairv. Betula alba ssp. nana (L.) Bonnier & Layens Betula crenata Rydb. ex E.J.Butler Betula glandulosa f. intermedia Kurtz Betula littelliana Tucker Betula nana var. borealis Regel Betula nana var. europaea Ledeb. Betula nana var. flabellifolia Hook. Betula nana var. genuina Regel Betula nana var. intermedia Regel Betula nana var. macrophylla Gaudin Betula nana f. magnifolia Hartz Betula nana var. reducta Hultén Betula nana f. reducta (Hultén) B.Boivin Betula nana var. relicta Th.Fr. ex Gürke Betula nana ssp. relicta (Th.Fr. ex Gürke) Nyman Betula nana ssp. tundrarum (Perfil.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Betula naniformis Lindb. ex Kindb. Betula tundrarum Perfil. Betula viminea Kindb. Betula viminea var. serrulata Kindb. Chamaebetula acutifolia Opiz Chamaebetula nana (L.) Opiz |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories) |