European White Birch vs Dakota Pinnacle Birch - TreeTime.ca

European White Birch vs Dakota Pinnacle Birch

Betula platyphylla fargo

Betula pendula

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Dakota Pinnacle Birch
European White Birch

Dakota Pinnacle Birch is a hardy deciduous tree with a columnar to narrowly pyramidal form. It makes a beautiful accent tree, and Dakota Pinnacle Birch is insect resistant and drought tolerant.

Dakota Pinnacle Birch features smooth white bark and dark, green foliage that turns yellow in the fall.

European White Birch is a mid-sized shade tree native to Eurasia. This deciduous tree has a pyramidal form when young, maturing into a rounded crown with arched branches and drooping branchlets.

The trunk is slender, with white bark featuring black diamond-shaped lenticels. European White Birch is an ideal landscape tree for parks and gardens.

Similar to the Cutleaf Weeping Birch, this species is a popular ornamental.

Dakota Pinnacle Birch Quick Facts

European White Birch Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 12 m (39 ft)
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


Fall colour: bright yellow
Bark: grayish-orange
Seeds: located within catkins
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: yes
Catkins: yes

In row spacing: 1.8 - 2.4 m (6 - 8 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Other Names: silver birch, weeping birch