| HEIGHT: | 40 - 50 feet |
| SPREAD: | 20 - 30 feet |
| DISTINCTIONS: | Oval pyramid form with weeping habit with age; green leaves turning a poor yellow fall color; white, non-peeling bark when young turning black with fissures with age; prefers moist, well-drained soil; tolerates wet or dry soils. |
| LIMITATIONS: | Subject to pathogens, insects; very susceptible to birch borer, although this is not a common pest in most of Alaska; often confused with B. papyrifera but does not have peeling white bark. |
| HARDINESS: | SC, SE (Zone 2) |
| ORIGIN: | Europe and parts of northern Asia |
| CULTIVARS: | ‘Dalecarlica’ Swedish birch; the most common cut-leaved birch; tall slender tree with weeping branches; leaves lobed and pointed; ‘Fastigiata’ columnar form with some resistance to birch borer; ‘Gracilis’ Weeping branches in clusters; a small tree to 15’; finely cut leaves; ‘Youngii’ weeping form reaching 15’–20’. |
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| The information for this Deciduous Tree (151) was last updated on: 2017-04-09 22:58:25 | |
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