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'''Yellow Birch''' (''Betula alleghaniensis'', synomym ''B. lutea''), is a species of [[birch]] native to [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[North America]], from [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], and southern [[Québec]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. | '''Yellow Birch''' (''Betula alleghaniensis'', synomym ''B. lutea''), is a species of [[birch]] native to [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[North America]], from [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], and southern [[Québec]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. | ||
It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of [[methyl salicylate|oil of wintergreen]], though not as strongly so as the related [[Sweet Birch]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are wind-pollinated [[catkin]]s 3-6 cm long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The [[fruit]], mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts. | It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of [[methyl salicylate|oil of wintergreen]], though not as strongly so as the related [[Sweet Birch]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are wind-pollinated [[catkin]]s 3-6 cm long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The [[fruit]], mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts. | ||
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Betula lutea, Michx. (B. excelsa, Pursh, not Ait.). Yellow Birch. Fig. 547. Tree, sometimes 100 ft.: bark silvery gray or light orange, on old trunks reddish brown; young bark aromatic, but somewhat bitter: branchlets usually rounded at the base, acuminate, sharply and doubly serrate, usually hairy along the veins beneath : cones like the last, but thicker; scales nearly ⅓in. long, lobed to the middle, pubescent outside. From Newfoundland west to Minn., south along the Alleghanies to the high peaks of N. C. and Tenn.—One of the most valuable forest trees in the northern states, much resembling the former in habit. Var. persicifolia, Dipp., has larger and longer Lvs., often ovate-lanceolate. | |||
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==Cultivation== | |||
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Image:Yellow_birch_bark.jpg|Yellow Birch bark | |||
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==References== | |||
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 | |||
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> | |||
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> | |||
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> | |||
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis, synomym B. lutea), is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and southern Québec west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.
It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The bark is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of oil of wintergreen, though not as strongly so as the related Sweet Birch. The leaves are alternate, ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins 3-6 cm long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The fruit, mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged seeds packed between the catkin bracts.
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Betula lutea, Michx. (B. excelsa, Pursh, not Ait.). Yellow Birch. Fig. 547. Tree, sometimes 100 ft.: bark silvery gray or light orange, on old trunks reddish brown; young bark aromatic, but somewhat bitter: branchlets usually rounded at the base, acuminate, sharply and doubly serrate, usually hairy along the veins beneath : cones like the last, but thicker; scales nearly ⅓in. long, lobed to the middle, pubescent outside. From Newfoundland west to Minn., south along the Alleghanies to the high peaks of N. C. and Tenn.—One of the most valuable forest trees in the northern states, much resembling the former in habit. Var. persicifolia, Dipp., has larger and longer Lvs., often ovate-lanceolate.
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
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Yellow Birch bark -
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photo 2
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photo 3
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Yellow Birch. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Yellow Birch QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)