List of Alders, Birches and Oaks of Montana
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There are at least 10 members of the Birch, Alder, and Oak order: Fagales
found in Montana. Some of these species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Family: Betulaceae
Fagales
The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best known trees. The order name is derived from genus Fagus, Beeches. They belong among the rosid group of dicotyledons...
found in Montana. Some of these species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Beech and Oaks
Family: FagaceaeFagaceae
The family Fagaceae, or beech family, comprises about 900 species of both evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, which are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like nuts. Fagaceous leaves are often...
- Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa
Birch and Alder
Betulaceae
Betulaceae, or the Birch Family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams, numbering about 130 species...
- Bog Birch, Betula pumila
- Green Alder, Alnus viridis
- Hybrid Birch, Betula x sargentii
- Hybrid Birch, Betula x utahensis
- Paper Birch, Betula papyrifera
- Red Alder, Alnus rubra
- Speckled Alder, Alnus incana
- Spring BirchBetula occidentalisBetula occidentalis is a species of birch native to western North America, in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United States from eastern Washington east to western North Dakota, and south to eastern California, northern Arizona and northern New Mexico, and also...
, Betula occidentalis - Swamp Birch, Betula nana