Common name: Paper birch
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Plant List | Fact Sheet | Scientific name:
Betula papyrifera Common name: Paper birch |
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Trunk of Paper birch with peeling bark. The bark is white and smooth and is
covered with lines of raised pores or lenticels
Picture 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
Low tolerance to drought, intolerant to shade
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