Birch family
BETULACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

link to Flowers in Australia

Alnus jorullensis Evergreen Alder Sydney, December 2006

Betula lenta Birch Sydney, August 2006

Betula pendula Silver Birch Melbourne, April 2008

Plants in BETULACEAE have been used as foodplants for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Moth species, including:

Clania ignobilis	Opodiphthera helena	Opodiphthera eucalypti

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 17 August 2009)