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Betula megrelica
Megrelian birch is a rare shrub or small tree from western Georgia's Caucasus mountains, growing up to about 4 m in mountain thickets. It is available from specialty nurseries and is best treated like a hardy cool-climate birch.
Betula megrelica, the Megrelian birch, is a very rare species of flowering plant in the family Betulaceae. It is native to western Georgia, and has only been found in two locations, Mt. Migaria and Mt. Jvari, in the Egrisi Range of the Caucasus Mountains. A shrub or small tree reaching 4 m (13 ft), it is typically found in thickets at elevations from 1,200 to 2,000 m (3,900 to 6,600 ft). A dodecaploid, it is in a clade with the decaploid B. medwediewii (Caucasian birch) and the diploid B. lenta (cherry birch, native to eastern North America). In spite of its rarity and endangered status, it is available from specialty nurseries.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Betula megrelica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
