Betula populifolia

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Cultivation

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	Betula >	populifolia >

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Read about Betula populifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Betula populifolia, Ait. (B. alba var. populifolia, Spach). White Birch. Small tree, exceptionally 40 ft., with smooth white bark: branchlets with numerous resinous glands: Lvs. slender, petioled, triangular or deltoid, long-acuminate, coarsely doubly serrate, glutinous when young, glabrous at length and shining: cones slender, stalked, cylindric, about 1 in. long; bracts pubescent, the lateral lobes divergent, about as long as the middle one. From New Brunswick to Del., west to Ont. S.S. 9:450. H.T. 118, 119. Em. 1:242.—A small, graceful, but short-lived tree, yet thriving in dry and poor soil. Var. laciniata, Loud. Lvs. incised-laciniate. Var. pendula, Loud. Branches distinctly pendulous. Var. purpurea, Ellwanger & Barry. Lvs. purple when young, green at length. B. populifolia x B. papyrifera is shown in G.F. 8:356. It has been found wild in several localities, but is apparently not in cult. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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