East Asian white birch
Betula platyphylla var. japonica · Betulaceae · 자작나무
How to spot it
Marked by white bark that peels sideways like paper.
(original photo, new tab)Leaf · Photo 원본 페이지 참조 · CC BY-SA 2.0 
(original photo, new tab)Bark · Photo Σ64 · CC BY 3.0 
(original photo, new tab)Bark · Photo David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are triangular-ovate, 5 to 7 cm long, with double teeth and 6 to 7 (8) pairs of veins.
- Flowers
- Flowers open from April to early May on a monoecious tree; female catkins hang down.
- Fruit
- The fruit spike is cylindrical, 4 cm long, and hangs down; the small nutlets are narrow-elliptic and winged, ripening in September to October.
- Bark
- The bark is white and peels sideways like paper.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- In the Korean Peninsula it grows in Pyeonganbuk-do and Hamgyeongnam/bukdo; it also grows in Japan, China and eastern Russia.
- Ecology
- Grows at 200 to 2,100 m elevation on burned ground and landslide sites.