Betula albo-sinensis

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Betula albo-sinensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Betula albo-sinensis, Burkill (B. utilis var. sinensis, Winkler). (After No. 3.) Tree, occasionally to 100 ft., with orange-red bark: branchlets glabrous, lustrous: lvs. ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, sharply and doubly serrate, glabrescent beneath, with 9-10 pairs of veins, 1 1/2 – 3 in. long: cones cylindric, 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 in. long; bracts glabrous, scarcely ciliate, slightly glandular; lateral lobes rounded, much shorter than the linear-lanceolate middle one. Cent. and W. China. Var. septentrionalis, Schneid. Branchlets distinctly glandular: lvs. beneath on the veins often silky and bearded. N. W. China. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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