Yellow Birch
Yellow Birch
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Yellow Birch
(Betula alleghaniensis Britt.)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, 3"-4" long, doubly-toothed margins, dull green above, yellow-green beneath.
38. Yellow Birch
(Betula alleghaniensis)
Family: Betulaceae
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Betula alleghaniensis Syn.: Betula lutea vernac. Bitter birch , Grey birch , Yellow birch
Savill Garden, Surrey, 16 September
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yellow birch Betulaceae Betula alleghaniensis Britton symbol: BEAL2
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YELLOW BIRCH
Betula alleghaniensis
General Notes
Poor tolerance of drought. SelecTree lists no cultivars of alleghaniensis.
* 16. Yellow Birch/ By / Betula alleghaniensis leaf
7-11 cm long, 3-5 cm wide.
margin sharply doubly serrate.
base narrowly rounded to cordate.
apex acute to accuminate.
usually 12 or more pairs of lateral veins.
few forked veins.
Betula alleghaniensis: yellow birch - A native of northeastern America, reaching as far south as Georgia, the yellow birch can reach up to 70 feet tall. Its bark is a pale gray- brown, and peels off in rolls. It has larger leaves than most birch.
Betula alleghaniensis - Yellow Birch
Betula alnoides - Alder-leaf Birch
Betula austrosinensis - South China Birch
Betula chinensis - Chinese Dwarf Birch
Betula cordifolia - Mountain Paper Birch; Heartleaf Birch
Betula ermanii - Erman's Birch ...
Some smaller types of birches are yellow birch, which grows anywhere from fifty to seventy-five feet, the river birch which grows anywhere from fifty to sixty feet, and the smallest yet, the gray birch which very rarely grows higher than forty feet.
Can be difficult from cuttings, especially Betula alleghaniensis, yellow birch: use rooting hormone and/or willow tea. Some species suitable for side-veneer grafting. Grow in light shade, moist and fertile conditions. Used as bonsai. Zone 2-8 ...
It grows in fairly dry, well-drained soils in the understory of mixed hardwood forests, in association with maples, elms, basswood, yellow birch, hickories, oaks and American beech.
The close-grained hardwood of several of the trees is valued for furniture, flooring, and similar uses (in America, particularly that of the yellow birch, B. lutea); stained birch provides much of the so-called mahogany of lower-priced furniture.
America; the Cherry or Sweet Birch (B. lenta), which is sometimes 80 feet high and also of northern distribution (Canada, Newfoundland); the Yellow Birch (B. lutea), sometimes 100 feet high; the Western Birch (B. occidentalis), ...
 See also: Birch, Beech, Chestnut, Spruce, Cotton
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