Latin name: Betula lenta L.
Botanical family: Betulaceae
Growth habit: Tree
Vernacular name(s): black birch (Eng.)
bouleau flexible, merisier rouge (Fr.)
winsik, kade-wigwas (Chippewa)
Uses:
Medicinal plant [Algonquin: 69].
Bark :Mixed with beech (Fagus grandifolia) and red-osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) as a remedy for pulmonary trouble. Decoction used against pneumonia and diarrhoea [Chippewa 85].
Sap :Drunk in tiredness [55].