Yellow Birch

Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

An ornamental birch with attractive exfoliating bark and graceful canopy, valued for multi-season interest in residential and naturalized landscapes.

  • Upright, pyramidal habit with graceful ascending branches
  • Bark is shiny, yellowish or silvery-gray, becoming reddish-brown with age
  • Leaves are elliptical, short-pointed, saw-toothed and dark green
  • Foliage turns bright yellow in the fall
  • Long yellowish drooping catkins appear near the tip of the twigs on male plants
  • Commonly used for naturalizing
  • 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
3 – 3
Mature Height (meters)
20.0 – 22.0
Mature Spread (meters)
12.0 – 15.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Foliage Colour
Yellow
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Upright
Rabbit Resistant
Pollinator Friendly
Attracts Birds
Ontario Native
Landscape Uses
Mass planting
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Betula alleghaniensis is typically grown as a multi-stemmed clump, although it can be grown as a single-stemmed tree.

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