Betula occidentalis Hook.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Inyo Co.

• Locality

  Silver Canyon in the White Mountains east of Laws

• Elevation

  Alt. 1676 m. (5499 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.4056, -118.315

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  5000

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Deposited in 1980 at
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN (NY)
ON INDEFINITE LOAN
FROM BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN (BKL)
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PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
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8266 BETULA 'OCCIDENTALIS Hook.
Silver Canyon in the White mountains east of Laws
A. A. Heller, Collector	May 9, 1906
BBTUI.A OCCIDENTAUS Hook. Fl. Bor, Am. 2: 155, 1839,
No. 8266, collected May 16, in Silver canyon in the White
mountains opposite Laws, Inyo county, at about 5500 feet ele*
vation, op the banks of a small stream. t It also occurs along
streams in- the Sierra foothills west of Bishop in granite forma-
tion. It is a small slender tree not over fifteen or twenty feet
high, usually smaller, with yellowish bark. The original came
from the “Straits of De Fuca.”
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