River Birch
Betula nigra · Betulaceae · 흑자작나무
How to spot it
Young bark is salmon to rusty brown and hangs in paper-like peeling pieces.
Look
- Leaves
- Pointed leaf tips, with distinct veins visible on the underside.
- Flowers
- Slim, long, cylindrical light green catkins appear in spring.
- Fruit
- Cone-like clusters containing small nutlets form, and the seeds scatter in spring.
- Bark
- Young bark is salmon to rusty brown and peels in paper-like layers.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to the central and eastern United States.
- Ecology
- In its native range it grows on riverbanks, streamsides and floodplains, and cases of tolerating long flooding are recorded.