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DURING the past summer of general botanical work in the Julianehaab district—climatically the most favourable part of Greenland—special attention has been paid to the history and present-day ecology of the oft-mentioned but little known Greenland 'tree' birch (Betula pubescens sens. lat.).
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Polunin, N. The Birch 'Forests' of Greenland. Nature 140, 939–940 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140939a0
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