Betula intermedia(Hartm.) E.Thomas ex Gaudin

WFO wfo-0000333627 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 5 separate observations

Betula intermedia, photographed by Dmitry Kulakov
fig. a Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-13 / obs. 94471556
Betula intermedia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57605486
Betula intermedia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57594269
Betula intermedia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33764309
Betula intermedia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. e Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57552548

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Betula intermedia is native: West Siberia, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, North European Russia, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Greenland West SiberiaCzechia-SlovakiaFinlandIcelandNorth European RussiaNorwaySwedenSwitzerlandGreenland
Native distribution of Betula intermedia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Czechia-Slovakia CZE EUROPE
Finland FIN
Great Britain GRB
Iceland ICE
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
West Siberia WSB ASIA-TEMPERATE
Greenland GNL NORTHERN AMERICA

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Betula alba var. intermedia (Hartm.) Wahlenb.
  • Betula alpestris Fr.
  • Betula alpestris var. communis Regel
  • Betula alpestris var. cuneifolia Kindb.
  • Betula alpestris var. rhombifolia Larss. ex Kindb.
  • Betula alpestris var. sukatschewii (Soczava) Govaerts
  • Betula alpina Kindb.
  • Betula carpatica var. microphylla Regel
  • Betula glutinosa var. pseudalpestris Regel
  • Betula glutinosa var. pseudoalpestris Björnstr.
  • Betula harcynica Wender.
  • Betula humilis Fr. ex Regel
  • Betula humilis var. watsonii Spach
  • Betula hybrida Bechst.
  • Betula hybrida var. affinis Regel
  • Betula hybrida var. cuneata Regel
  • Betula hybrida var. kochii Regel
  • Betula hybrida var. macrophylla Regel
  • Betula hybrida var. rhombifolia Regel
  • Betula hybrida var. rotundifolia Regel
  • Betula intermedia f. media H.Samzelius
  • Betula intermedia subsp. seideliana (Missbach) P.A.Schmidt
  • Betula intermedia var. alpestris (Fr.) H.J.P.Winkl. ex C.K.Schneid.
  • Betula lagopina Hartm. ex Regel

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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