Family: Betulaceae
Scientific Name: Betula papyrifera Renci
Common Name: Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Description | An improved cultivar of the White Birch. |
Pronunciation | (Bet-u-lah)(pap-i-RiF-era) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 3 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average to moist, not dry |
Soil & Site | average, not dry |
Flowers | monoecious, having male and female flowers on the same plant, in the form catkins |
Fruit | nutlet found in the small, scaly, cone-like shaped structure |
Leaves | simple, green, glossy, serrate, yellow fall |
Stems | exfoliating bark, white and orange on inside, prominent lenticels |
Dimensions | 50-70 tall by 20-25, pyramidal growth form |
Maintenance | in good growing conditions will be tolerant of Birch Borer |
Cultivar Origin | Originator is Evergreen Nursery, Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, USA. |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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