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The bark of this tree can help you identify it as a White Birch.
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White Birch
Common Names: Canoe Birch, Silver Birch, Paper Birch
Genus: Betula
Species: papyrifera
Parts Used: leaves, sap, lumber, ...

( Gracilis European White Birch )
Narrow, conical tree with pendulous branches and white, peeling bark. Reaches up to 15' to 20' tall, with no central leader. Rough, dark cracks on trunks are characteristic of older trees.

On the lawn north of the Music building, 40 feet (12.2 meters) from an eastern white pine, is a Weeping European White Birch. This fine tree drips its slender twigs making a fountain of foliage.

* 17. White Birch/ Bw / Betula papyrifera leaf
5-13 cm long, 2-5 cm wide.
deltoide to ovate.
margin doubly serrate.
lacking teeth on blade adjacent to the petiole.

European White Birch BET-u-la PEN-dew-la
Deciduous tree, 40-50(80) ft [12-15(240 m], pyramidal becoming rounded, graceful pendulous branching habit. Young twigs thin and usually pendulous.

EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH
1 - 12 and 14 - 24
Betulaceae - no images
Betula pendula 'fastigiata' ...

The European white birch is a popular landscaping tree in America as well as throughout its native range.

Young's Weeping White Birch usually has white bark.
But as can be seen in this December trunk portrait,
ours ranges through a subdued rainbow of white, brown,
orange & yellow, cracked bark on a twisty trunk.

Whitespire Japanese White Birch [English]: Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire'
Whitespire Japanese White Birch [English]: Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'
Whitespot [English]: Stachys sylvatica ...

European white birch Betula pendula
European yellow iris, yellow flag, water flag Iris pseudacorus
everlasting pea Lathyrus latifolius
false baby's breath; wild madder, white bedstraw Galium mollugo
false banyan, council tree Ficus altissima ...

Betula papyrifera: canoe birch, paper birch, white birch - Has white bark and oval leaves. Native to the colder parts of North America.

Betula albosinensis - Chinese White Birch; Chinese Red Birch
Betula alleghaniensis - Yellow Birch
Betula alnoides - Alder-leaf Birch
Betula austrosinensis - South China Birch
Betula chinensis - Chinese Dwarf Birch ...

European White Birch
Betulaceae
leaves alternate, broad ovate to diamond-like, coming to a tip
leaves lustrous dark green, serrated margin
buds imbricate, pointed, curved, brown
stems smooth, brown
flowers alligned in yellowish catkins ...

European White Birch, sometimes known as Weeping Birch, is predominately upright oval in its growth habit, but its slender branch tips tend to be somewhat pendulous.

Also fairly common near the edges of swamps, in mixed woods of Trembling Aspen, Red Maple, and White Birch, with or without conifers. Less commonly found in Black Spruce bogs, sometimes in wet sphagnum.

Alaska paper birch is also known as Alaska white birch or Alaska paper birch. A small tree, often with many stems, up to 15 metres tall. Crown narrow, oval. Branches slender, stiffly upright, some with drooping tips.

European White Birch (Betula pendula)
European Wild Ginger (Asarum europaeum)
Euryops pectinatus
Eustoma grandiflora 'Blue Lisa'
Eustoma grandiflora 'Yodel Mix'
Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
Evening Primrose (Oenothera elata hookeri) ...

Betula pendula. EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH. Europe, N. Asia
BETULACEAE (Birch family) ...

Epimediums and forget-me-nots crowd the forest floor; daffodils form yellow clumps where sunshine reaches them; and chalky white birch trunks rise above a variegated carpet of bishop's weed.

From sea level to 5,600 feet elevation in moist areas along streams and standing water, and on hill and mountain sides. It is found with balsam fir, black spruce, eastern hemlock, quaking aspen, white birch and red maple and not usually in pure ...

Although white birch is traditional in Canadian gardens, the subtle tan-pink coloration and heavily peeling bark of river birch is a welcome innovation.

See also: Birch, European white birch, Green, Betula pendula, May

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