European White Birch vs Yellow Birch - TreeTime.ca

European White Birch vs Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

Betula pendula

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Yellow Birch
European White Birch

Yellow Birch is a large and valuable hardwood species in northeastern North America. The bark on its limbs and young trunks is silvery-yellowish in colour, hence the name. This tree prefers to grow in cool regions with damp or saturated soil.

Yellow Birch can be tapped for syrup, like Sugar Maple. Although the sap has less sugar content, it flows in greater quantity than maple trees.

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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.

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Yellow Birch Quick Facts

European White Birch Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Spread: 11 m (35 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: yes
Catkins: yes
Fall colour: bright yellow
Fall colour: bright yellow
Bark: shiny yellow to grey silver peels in curly strips, becomes reddish brown when older
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none




Other Names: golden birch
Other Names: silver birch, weeping birch