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Latin name: Betula
papyrifera Common name: Paper birch |
Photograph
showing summer habit of Paper birch. Although it
grows well in all types of soil, and tolerates
wide variations in rain fall, it is best adapted
to colder climates, and doesn't do well in most of
the United States. 
Branches
of Paper birch with leaves and catkins. The flowers
are borne on pendulous catkins - with male and female
flowers on separate catkins.
Close
up picture of single leaf and catkin of Paper birch.
The leaf margin of the Betula
papyrifera is double serrate. The leaf shape
is ovate and the leaf venation is pinnate.
Trunk of Paper birch with peeling bark. The bark is white and smooth and is
covered with lines of raised pores or lenticelsPicture of Paper birch taken on 5-16-2004.
Morton Arboretum accession tag 919-80*10 sd E-14/69-29
Paper birch
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| Kingdom: Plantae -- Plants | |||||||||
| Subkingdom: Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants | |||||||||
| Superdivision: Spermatophyta -- Seed plants | |||||||||
| Division: Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants | |||||||||
| Class: Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons | |||||||||
| Subclass: Hamamelidae | |||||||||
| Order: Fagales | |||||||||
| Family: Betulaceae -- Birch family | |||||||||
| Genus: Betula L. -- birch P | |||||||||
| Species: Betula papyrifera Marsh. -- paper birch P | |||||||||
Source for classification listing: USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Native to U.S.
Primary use as nursery stock product and pulp wood product. Medium use as a fuel wood product.
Highly palatable to browsing animals but not to humans
no toxicity
rapid growth rate, short life span
Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 40
Height, Mature (feet) 70
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