Its attractive bark is especially striking in the winter when the rest of the tree is bare.
River birch tree fall.
Fall foliage of 6 types of birch trees river birch trees.
Smaller cultivated varieties available narrow form in youth to more rounded shape at maturity ivory tan and cinnamon colored peeling bark male flowers.
The name river birch indicates the environment this tree loves.
Another birch tree grown as much for its peeling bark as for its fall foliage is the paper.
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.
An alternate common name is black birch which is reflected in the species name nigra latin for.
When the soil around its roots gets dry the tree quickly shows its unhappiness by dropping leaves.
Dark green foliage turns a beautiful buttery yellow in the fall.
River birch is a popular fast growing native tree for the home landscape.
Attractive salmon pink to reddish brown bark exfoliates to reveal lighter inner bark.
River birch as an ornamental tree offers fall and winter color to parks yards and street sides.
Gray paper 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.
It drops its leaves in fall height.
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.
35 to 50 feet.