Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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1. *Betula pendula

2. * Alnus cordata

* introduced species

BETULACEAE 3:645
     
Alder (Alnus cordata), and silver birch (Betula pendula) have been naturalised in Tasmania. These are small to medium sized deciduous trees with toothed leaves. The most conspicuous features are the female inflorescences, which are dense catkins, resembling cylindrical conifer cones.
 
 
 
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