Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Betula uber. Photo by Peter M. Mazzeo. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology, Botany.
Betula uber range map.
Betula uber, Virginia roundleaf birch
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
- Listed Threatened 1978
- Recovery Plan 1990 (PDF, 4.4 MB)
Threats
- Collection for scientific purposes
- Limited habitat for seedlings (small forest openings with exposed mineral soil)
- Periodic flooding and droughty soils
- Vandalism, road and transmission line maintenance, and other human activity
- Herbivory
- Long distances between pollen sources
- Low seed viability and a breeding system that permits heavy gene exchange with sweet birch