Betula occidentalis

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Read about Betula occidentalis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Betula occidentalis, Hook. (B. Lyalliana, Koehne B. papyracea var. occidentalis, Dipp.). Tree, to 100 ft.: branches in older trees often pendulous: Lvs. ovate, 3-4 in. long, usually rounded at the base, acute, coarsely and mostly doubly serrate, resinous while young and villous on the veins, glabrous at maturity except on the puberulous veins: strobiles cylindric, 1¼-1½ in. long; scales ciliate, with rhombic-ovate upright lateral lobes, about half as long as the oblong middle lobe. B. C. to Wash.S.S. 14:725.


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