Betula nigra - “River Birch”
Medium. Beautiful, fastgrowing with distinct pinkish-orange shaggy bark, becoming brown and rigid on old trees.
Will tolerate extremely wet and dry soils. Superb as a multi-stem. Ideally usually three or more strong stems breaking from ground level. Looks very effective when planted in groups in a naturalised way with undulation grass or bulb planting.
After 25 years
Wet Soil  
Dry Soil  
Lime
Tolerance		  
Hardiness  
Girth BR RB CG
8-10cm      
10-12cm      
12-14cm      
14-16cm      
16-18cm      
18-20cm      
20-25cm      
25-30cm      
30-35cm      
35-40cm