Betula alleghaniensis
Yellow Birch
Pronunciation
BET-u-la AL-uh-gain-ee-EN-sis
Family
Genus
Nativity
Native to the Rockies. Found in the North and down the Appalachian Trail to Georgia.
Growth Habit
Grows 65 to 75 feet tall.
Hardiness
3
Culture
Full sun and moist soil. Grows well in rich wooded mountains
Facultative Status
Facultative
Landscape Use
Bright yellow fall color. Exfoliating bark
Foliage
Alternate, simple, ovate leaf.
Buds
Buds are imbricately scaled.
Bark
Yellow coloration to the bark, smooth with horizontal lenticels
Fruit
Fruiting catkins
Propagation
Seed, cuttings, graft.
Pests
None specific