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Paper Birch
Latin Name:
Betula papyrifera
location:
the most widely distributed east to west of all North American birches
The Paper Birch, referenced in Latin as Betula papyrifera, can be found more or less 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 very special plant among others! In the summer, a special form of foliage appears, more or less alternate, ovate, simple leaves, 2" to 4" long and 1.5" to 3" wide and in the automn it generally looks like clear bright yellow. The Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) also has flowers being 2" to 4" long catkins, usually in 3's and some in pairs (male). Female catkins 1" to 1.5" long and contains fruits that are catkins, 1" to 1.5" long, composed of nutlets. Its bark is very interesting, where we can see young branches show smooth, reddish-brown bark with horizontal lenticels on it. A fact to point at on the way it is cultured is that best adapted to cooler climates However, another characteristic with the Paper 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
It can be easy to recognize a Betula papyrifera having its white bark that is chalky and exfoliates (compare to (
B. pendula
whose bark does not exfoliate). The Paper Birch's reproduction is very interesting since it is mainly done by seed
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