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Gray Birch
Latin Name:
Betula populifolia
location:
northeastern United States and northeastern Canada
The Gray Birch, also called in Latin Betula populifolia, i usually found close to northeastern United States and northeastern Canada. It normally look like deciduous small to medium tree, making it a plant very different from others. In the summer, a special form of foliage appears, more or less alternate, simple leaves, 2" to 3.5" long leaves and in the automn its foliage then is yellow. The Gray Birch (Betula populifolia) grows flowers that are blooms in April, but catkins visible prior to bloom and contains fruits that are small nutlets held in cylindrical catkins, 0.75" to 1.25" long. An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where a special pattern can be found, reddish brown, thin and smooth on young trunks on it. Something that is noticeable to know concerning its culture is that very easy to grow Also, an inconvinient with the Gray Birch can be that birch leaf miner is very disfiguring to the foliage and major limitation. It does not kill the plant however It can be easy to recognize a Betula populifolia with its acuminate leaf tips. The Gray Birch's propagation is done in a special way since it does it by seed; cold or light will break dormancy
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