Betula grossa

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Betula ulmifolia, Sieb. & Zuce. (B. costata, Trautv.). Tree, 50 ft. : bark yellowish brown : branches not, or slightly glandular: Lvs. ovate, rarely oblong-ovate, irregularly doubly serrate, with 9-14 pairs of veins, long-acuminate, 2-3½ in. long, hairy when unfolding, glabrous at maturity: cones elliptic; scales glabrous, with short, rhombic or obovate lateral lobes; wings about half as broad as nutlet. Japan. Manchuria. S.I.F. 1:22. W.B. 63. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.