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Betula medwediewii
Also called Transcaucasian Birch
Medwediew's birch is a small tree or large shrub native to northeast Turkey, Georgia and northwest Iran. It is grown mainly as an ornamental for its bark and form, and the cultivar 'Gold Bark' has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Betula medwediewii, called Transcaucasian birch, Caucasian birch or Medwediew's birch, is a species of birch which is native to Turkey, Georgia, and Iran. It is decaploid, with its closest diploid relatives being Betula humilis and probably Betula lenta from eastern North America. It is placed in section Lentae, subgenus Aspera. Its cultivar 'Gold Bark' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
