Canoe birch

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Latin Name: Betula papyrifera

location: the most widely distributed east to west of all North American birches

The Canoe Birch, referenced in Latin as Betula papyrifera, is generally living in zones around the most widely distributed (east to west) of all North American birches. To recognize it it is mainly a deciduous, medium-sized tree, making it a plant very different from others. In the summer, its foliage changes to a new form, more or less alternate, ovate, simple leaves, 2" to 4" long and 1.5" to 3" wide and in the automn it can be described as clear bright yellow. The Canoe Birch (Betula papyrifera) has beautiful flowers that are 2" to 4" long catkins, usually in 3's and some in pairs (male). Female catkins 1" to 1.5" long and the fruits it has are catkins, 1" to 1.5" long, composed of nutlets. An interesting thing is its bark, where a special pattern can be found, young branches show smooth, reddish-brown bark with horizontal lenticels on it. A fact to point at concerning its culture is that best adapted to cooler climates However, an inconvinient with the Canoe Birch can be that bronze birch borer can be a serious problem and often hits trees just as they enter their peak in the landscape. Not as bad as B. pendula We can easily identify Betula papyrifera having its white bark that is chalky and exfoliates (compare to (B. pendula whose bark does not exfoliate). The Canoe Birch's propagation method is done in a special way since it will do it by seed

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