#family_Betulaceae__Betulaceae__birch_family__birchfamily monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
supertype: hamamelid_dicot_family__hamameliddicotfamily family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
member of: order_Fagales
member: genus_Betula__Betula a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
member: birch_tree__birchtree__birch any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
member: yellow_birch__Betula_alleghaniensis__Betula_leutea tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or gray bark
member: American_white_birch__paper_birch__paperbirch__canoe_birch__canoebirch__Betula_cordifolia__Betula_papyrifera small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
member: American_gray_birch__gray_birch__Betula_populifolia medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale gray bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
member: silver_birch__common_birch__European_white_birch__Betula_pendula European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
member: downy_birch__downybirch__white_birch__whitebirch__Betula_pubescens European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
member: black_birch__river_birch__red_birch__redbirch__Betula_nigra birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
member: sweet_birch__cherry_birch__black_birch__Betula_lenta common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
member: Yukon_white_birch__Betula_neoalaskana Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
member: swamp_birch__water_birch__mountain_birch__Western_paper_birch__Western_birch__Betula_fontinalis birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
member: Newfoundland_dwarf_birch__American_dwarf_birch__Betula_glandulosa small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
member: genus_Alnus__Alnus alders
member: alder_tree__aldertree__alder north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the rot-resistant wood
member: common_alder__European_black_alder__Alnus_glutinosa__Alnus_vulgaris medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
member: gray_alder__Alnus_incana native to Europe but introduced in America
member: seaside_alder__seasidealder__Alnus_maritima shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood
member: white_alder__whitealder__mountain_alder__Alnus_rhombifolia tree of western United States
member: red_alder__redalder__Oregon_alder__Alnus_rubra large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
member: speckled_alder__Alnus_rugosa common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down
member: smooth_alder__hazel_alder__hazelalder__Alnus_serrulata common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark
member: Alnus_veridis__green_alder__greenalder shrub of mountainous areas of Europe
member: green_alder__greenalder__Alnus_veridis_crispa__Alnus_crispa North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts
member: subfamily_Carpinaceae__Carpinaceae__family_Carpinaceae used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis
member: genus_Carpinus__Carpinus mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
member: hornbeam any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
member: European_hornbeam__Carpinus_betulus medium-sized Old World tree with smooth gray bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn
member: American_hornbeam__Carpinus_caroliniana tree or large shrub with gray bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn
member: genus_Ostrya__Ostrya deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
member: hop_hornbeam__hophornbeam any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
member: Old_World_hop_hornbeam__Ostrya_carpinifolia medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
member: Eastern_hop_hornbeam__ironwood__ironwood_tree__Ostrya_virginiana medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
member: genus_Ostryopsis__Ostryopsis deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
member: subfamily_Corylaceae__Corylaceae__family_Corylaceae used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus
member: genus_Corylus__Corylus deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
member: hazelnut_tree__hazelnut__hazel any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
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