River Birch
Betula nigra
Exfoliating salmon-cream bark. Tolerates wet sites; resists bronze birch borer.
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–70 ft
- Spacing
- 25–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- brown, green
- Wildlife value
- larval host, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~411 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV