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| The Sweet Birch, also referred as Betula lenta, i usually found close to eastern North America; also found in cooler areas in the
mountains of Georgia and the Southwest. Its morphology is mainly medium shade tree, making it a plant very different from others. In the summer, a special form of foliage appears, more or less alternate, simple leaves, 2.5" to 6" long by 1-1.5" to
3-3.5" wide and in the automn its foliage is specially reliable, uniform golden yellow color. The Sweet Birch (Betula lenta) grows flowers that are blooms in April and contains fruits that are tiny winged nutlets (nearly 1 million per pound). An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where a special pattern can be found, young bark reddish-brown to black, with large horizontal lenticels;
older bark black, plate-like on it. An interesting fact about the way it is cultured would be that best on deep, rich, moist, acidic soils, but can also be found on
rocky, drier sites and heavy soil However, an inconvinient with the Sweet Birch can be that canker; can have a number of other insect and disease problems common
to birch, most not problematic We can easily identify Betula lenta having its bruised twigs have wintergreen odor; but taste sweet (B.
alleghaniensis tastes bitter). The Sweet Birch's propagation method is very interesting since it will do it by seed
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