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Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Engl.: downy birch, birch, canoe birch, common birch, European birch, white birch.
Deu.: Moorbirke, Birke, Moor-Birke.
Sven.: glasbjörk, fjällbjörk, kärrbjörk, lundbjörk, vanlig glasbjörk, ängsbjörk.
Suom.: hieskoivu.
Pharm.: birch tar, dagget, oleum rusci.
Bot. syn.: Betula alba L., Betula callosa Notö, Betula carpatica Willd., Betula concinna Gunnarsson, Betula coriacea Gunnarsson, Betula czerepanovii N. I. Orlova, Betula glutinosa auct., Betula odorata Bechst., Betula rubra hort. ex Regel, Betula tortuosa auct.