Latin name: Betula neoalaskana Sarg.
Botanical family: Betulaceae
Growth habit: Shrub
Vernacular name(s): Alaska paper birch, white birch (Eng.)
bouleau d'Alaska (Fr.)
k'i (Chipewyan)
Uses:
Leaves :Chewed and plastered on wasp stings to extract the poison [Chipewyan 92].