ヒメカンバalso: ひめかんばMeanings1noundwarf birchusually written using kana aloneA small shrubby birch species (Betula nana) native to arctic and cool temperate regions. In Japanese, the katakana name ヒメカンバ is standard.ヒメカンバは北ほっ極きょく圏けんのツンドラ地ち帯たいに自じ生せいしている。Dwarf birch grows naturally in the tundra regions of the Arctic.