| Scientific Name: | Betula papyrifera |
| Common Name: | paper birch |
| Family Name: | Betulaceae |
| Origin: | North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Yellow, Green, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Nut, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves dark green, most blades ovate, 7-11cm long x 5-7cm wide; irregularly serrate-small toothed; male catkins pendulous, 10-20cm long, yellow, Mar-Apr; female catkins 2-3cm long, green. Winter ID: bark has dark spots or checks (not as white on older trees compared to B. utilis var. jacquemontii); most twigs end with immature male catkins instead of a terminal bud; lateral buds conical, 7-9mm long, gummy, green to red-brown. | |