White birch
Betula papyrifera Marshall
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 18 m
- wide
- 11 m
Betulaceae
Also called Paper birch, Silver birch, Canoe birch
Formerly Betula excelsa, Betula grandis, Betula kenaica, Betula lanceolata, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Subarctic America to Canada, N. U.S.A. to VirginiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 m to 21 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 7.6 m to 14 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Green, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -45.6 °C (USDA zone 2a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- French
- Bouleau blanc, Bouleau à papier
- Czech
- bříza papírovitá
- Ojibwa
- wiigwaas
- Chinese
- 凯纳纸皮桦, 纸桦
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Betula papyrifera (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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