2010.04.18 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (Tannermoor - raised bog, 925 m).At the fringes of a bog, mixed forest (with spruce and bog pine) rather shortly after this winters snow has molten (no fresh growth yet).German name: Eigentliche Moor-Birke (Flaum-Birke)ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)
Betula occidentalis Hook. Also known as simply Water birch or River birch. Utah's only native birch.September 5, 2011, Wasatch Plateau, Huntington Canyon, along Huntingon Creek, northwestern corner of Emery County, Utah at approx. 7,185 ft. elev., spruce-fir community.