Betula fruticosa, commonly known as dwarf bog birch or Japanese bog birch (traditional Chinese: 柴樺; simplified Chinese: 柴桦; pinyin: chái huà) is a species of dwarf birch native to southern Siberia and the Russian Far East, northern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. In Japan it is found only in Tokachi Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido. In China it grows in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and the Changbai Mountains of Jilin.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dwarf bog birch being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
- Species
- Betula fruticosa
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