River Birch

River Birch

Betula nigra

A native river birch with attractive salmon-pink to reddish-brown exfoliating bark, valued for its adaptability to moist sites and multi-stem specimen plantings.

  • Upright, oval to rounded habit
  • Oval, serrated, leaves are dark green in the summer, bright yellow in the fall
  • Salmon-pink to reddish-brown bark exfoliates to reveal a lighter inner bark
  • An excellent specimen, known for its unique bark characteristics
  • Commonly used for specimen
  • Grows best in full sun to partial shade
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Well-drained
Hardiness Zone
4 – 4
Mature Height (meters)
13.0 – 18.0
Mature Spread (meters)
10.0 – 13.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Foliage Colour
Yellow
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Deer Resistant
✓
Pollinator Friendly
✓
Attracts Birds
✓
Landscape Uses
Accent
Growing & Maintenance Tips
One of the most disease-free birches. Use as a specimen or in small groupings in any landscape, and in particular for wet soils along ponds, streams or in low areas.It can be grown as a single-stemmed specimen or multi-stemmed tree.

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