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'''Yellow Birch''' (''Betula alleghaniensis'', synomym ''B. lutea''), is a species of [[birch]] native to [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[North America]], from [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], and southern [[Québec]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
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It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of [[methyl salicylate|oil of wintergreen]], though not as strongly so as the related [[Sweet Birch]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are wind-pollinated [[catkin]]s 3-6 cm long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The [[fruit]], mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts.
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Betula lutea, Michx. (B. excelsa, Pursh, not Ait.). Yellow Birch. Fig. 547. Tree, sometimes 100 ft.: bark silvery gray or light orange, on old trunks reddish brown; young bark aromatic, but somewhat bitter: branchlets usually rounded at the base, acuminate, sharply and doubly serrate, usually hairy along the veins beneath : cones like the last, but thicker; scales nearly ⅓in. long, lobed to the middle, pubescent outside. From Newfoundland west to Minn., south along the Alleghanies to the high peaks of N. C. and Tenn. S.S. 9:449. Em. 235. H.T. 126, 127.—One of the most valuable forest trees in the northern states, much resembling the former in habit. Var. persicifolia, Dipp., has larger and longer Lvs., often ovate-lanceolate.
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Betula lutea, Michx. (B. excelsa, Pursh, not Ait.). Yellow Birch. Fig. 547. Tree, sometimes 100 ft.: bark silvery gray or light orange, on old trunks reddish brown; young bark aromatic, but somewhat bitter: branchlets usually rounded at the base, acuminate, sharply and doubly serrate, usually hairy along the veins beneath : cones like the last, but thicker; scales nearly ⅓in. long, lobed to the middle, pubescent outside. From Newfoundland west to Minn., south along the Alleghanies to the high peaks of N. C. and Tenn.—One of the most valuable forest trees in the northern states, much resembling the former in habit. Var. persicifolia, Dipp., has larger and longer Lvs., often ovate-lanceolate.
 
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==Cultivation==
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| genus = ''[[Birch|Betula]]''
 
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| subgenus = ''[[Betula classification#Subgenus Betulenta - Wintergreen oil birches|Betulenta]]''
 
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| species = '''''B. alleghaniensis'''''
 
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'''Yellow Birch''' (''Betula alleghaniensis'', synomym ''B. lutea''), is a species of [[birch]] native to [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[North America]], from [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], and southern [[Québec]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
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[[Image:Yellow_birch_bark.jpg|left|thumb|Yellow Birch bark]]
 
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It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of [[methyl salicylate|oil of wintergreen]], though not as strongly so as the related [[Sweet Birch]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are wind-pollinated [[catkin]]s 3-6 cm long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The [[fruit]], mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged [[seed]]s packed between the catkin bracts.
 
  
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Yellow Birch is the [[Provincial tree emblems of Canada|provincial tree]] of [[Québec]], where it is commonly called ''merisier'', a name which in France is used for the [[wild cherry]].
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The name "yellow birch" reflects the color of the tree's bark.
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Image:Yellow_birch_bark.jpg|Yellow Birch bark
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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The wood of the yellow birch is extensively used for flooring, cabinetry and toothpicks. Most wood sold as ''birch'' in North America is from this tree.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500246 Flora of North America: Profile and map: ''B. alleghaniensis'']
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BEAL2 NCRS: USDA Plants Profile and map: ''B. alleghaniensis'']
 
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*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/beal2.htm ''Betula alleghaniensis'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
 
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Latest revision as of 02:19, 9 February 2010


Yellow Birch foliage


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis, synomym B. lutea), is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and southern Québec west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The bark is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of oil of wintergreen, though not as strongly so as the related Sweet Birch. The leaves are alternate, ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins 3-6 cm long, the male catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The fruit, mature in fall, is composed of numerous tiny winged seeds packed between the catkin bracts.


Read about Yellow Birch in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Betula lutea, Michx. (B. excelsa, Pursh, not Ait.). Yellow Birch. Fig. 547. Tree, sometimes 100 ft.: bark silvery gray or light orange, on old trunks reddish brown; young bark aromatic, but somewhat bitter: branchlets usually rounded at the base, acuminate, sharply and doubly serrate, usually hairy along the veins beneath : cones like the last, but thicker; scales nearly ⅓in. long, lobed to the middle, pubescent outside. From Newfoundland west to Minn., south along the Alleghanies to the high peaks of N. C. and Tenn.—One of the most valuable forest trees in the northern states, much resembling the former in habit. Var. persicifolia, Dipp., has larger and longer Lvs., often ovate-lanceolate.


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Cultivation

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Varieties

Gallery

  • Yellow Birch bark

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References

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