| Scientific Name: | Betula utilis var. jacquemontii |
| Common Name: | Jacquemont birch |
| Family Name: | Betulaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Samara, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate, most blades 8-10cm long x 4-5cm wide, 7-9 pairs of major veins (species has 10-14); margins serrate, petioles 2-3cm long; male catkins yellowish-brown, 7-12cm long when mature; female catkins on same tree, upright, 2-4cm long, green. Winter ID: exfoliating white bark (whitest of all birches), with orange underneath; lateral buds conical, 9-13mm long x 3-4mm wide; terminal immature male catkins ~3cm long x 4-7mm wide. | |