Betula papyrifera

• BOTANICAL NAME: Betula papyrifera
• PRONUNCIATION: BET-u-la pap-i-RIF-er-a
• COMMON NAME: Paper or Canoe Birch
• FAMILY: Betulaceae
• NATIVITY: Southern Canada, northern U.S.; distributed in moist uplands and colder exposures.
• GROWTH HABIT: Medium-sized, pyramidal to rounded form; 50'-70' tall with narrow, open crown and drooping side branches; more open and upright than B. pendula. Trunk often divides and forms a multistemmed plant. Medium to fast growth rate.
• HARDINESS: Zone 2-6
• CULTURE: Full sun, cool moist sites with well-drained acid soi but adaptable to many soils. Introlerant of drought; does not grow to maturity on open, exposed sites in southereastern PA.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Attractive, exfoliating bark on multiple trunked tree; easily transplanted. Good yellow fall color.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, simple, 2"-4" long, ovate, sharply pointed, serrate margin. Generally larger and more rounded than B. pendula.
• BUDS: Pointed, brown-black, 1/5"-2/5" long. Male catkins mainly in 3's and some 2's; 2"-4" long.
• BARK: White, exfoliating on older trunks. Horizontal lenticels on twigs and branches.
• FRUIT: Nutlet.
• PROPAGATION: Seed. cuttings.
• PESTS: Borer and leaf miner affect stressed plants.
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