River Birch
- Botanical Name
- Betula nigra
- Hardiness
- Zones 3b to 9
- Height
- 40 to 70 feet
- Width
- 40 to 60 feet
- Flowers
- Catkins
- Fruit
- Nutlets born on 1 to 1.5" catkins
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap
- Does well in areas that are prone to temporary flooding
- Avoid pruning in spring to prevent bleeding
- Borer resistant
- Moderately salt tolerant
- Problems
- Chlorotic in alkaline soils, leaf miner, leaf spot
- Varieties
- Graceful Arms - semi-weeping form
- Cully - salmon bark that resists turning grey and furrowed with age
- Little King - compact, dense branching, 10x12'
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