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Scientific Name: | Betula alleghaniensis |
Common Name: | yellow birch |
Family Name: | Betulaceae |
Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Woodland margin |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Double serrate, Serrulate |
Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Yellow, Brown, Apr |
Fruit: | Samara, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
Key ID Features: | |
Variable species but most with yellowish exfoliating bark (peals off horizontally), becoming grayish with age; leaves 6-12(-16) x 4-9cm, ovate and double-serrate; twigs orange-brown. Winter ID: exfoliating yellowish bark; twigs slender, pubescent; lateral buds conical, pubescent, each scale two shades of brown, wintergreen flavour when chewed; immature catkins. |