Bakdal Birch
Betula schmidtii · Betulaceae · 박달나무
Look
- Leaves
- Egg-shaped leaves 4 to 8 cm long and 3 to 4.5 cm wide, gradually pointed, with fine teeth on the margin. There are 9 to 10 pairs of lateral veins, with resin dots and hairs on the veins underneath.
- Flowers
- Flowers open in May. Male catkins hang from the twig tips, and the female catkins are cylindrical, 2 to 3 cm long and upright.
- Fruit
- The fruit cluster is cylindrical, 2 to 3 cm long and upright; the fruit is an elliptic nutlet with narrow wings that ripens in September.
- Bark
- Dark gray bark that does not peel when young but falls off in thick, small pieces with age.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in the Russian Far East, China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula (nationwide except Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do and Hwanghae-do) at 200 to 2,000 m elevation (centered on 600 m) and along the Baekdudaegan.
- Ecology
- Grows well in sunny, moist places or somewhat dry places in deep mountains. A sun-loving tree that is strongly cold-hardy but weak in drought and shade tolerance, and grows poorly on seashores exposed to sea wind.