The name river birch indicates the environment this tree loves.
River birch tree fall.
When the soil around its roots gets dry the tree quickly shows its unhappiness by dropping leaves.
Attractive salmon pink to reddish brown bark exfoliates to reveal lighter inner bark.
Fall foliage of 6 types of birch trees river birch trees.
Its leaves turn bright yellow in autumn.
50 to 75 feet.
The river birch is a popular tree for river banks and wet parts of the garden.
River birch is a popular fast growing native tree for the home landscape.
Gray paper birch trees.
It drops its leaves in fall height.
Smaller cultivated varieties available narrow form in youth to more rounded shape at maturity ivory tan and cinnamon colored peeling bark male flowers.
35 to 50 feet.
The tree would lose fewer leaves if you extended the mulched area out to the ends of the branches and put more soaker hose out there where the roots are.
Keep reading to learn more river birch tree facts such as river birch tree care and effectively using river birch trees in the landscape of your home.
This species is resistant to bronze birch borer bbb.
Its attractive bark is especially striking in the winter when the rest of the tree is bare.
Another birch tree grown as much for its peeling bark as for its fall foliage is the paper.
An alternate common name is black birch which is reflected in the species name nigra latin for.
Dark green foliage turns a beautiful buttery yellow in the fall.