Betula pendula (Weeping, White, or Silver Birch)


Betula pendula (Weeping, White, or Silver Birch)

bepnh1.jpgPronunciation: BET-you-luh PEN-dew-luh
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Family: Betulaceae
Plant type: invasive plant, tree - deciduous
Zone: 2
Origin: Europe
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Mature size
  Height: 22-30 m
  Spread: 7-10 m
Form: Oval, vertical
Texture: coarse, medium
Habit: upright
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bepnf1.jpgLeaves
Arrangement: simple alternate
Shape: ovate
Size: 2.8-3.4 cm x 5.4-6.2 cm
Margin: dentate, serrate
Characteristics: acute, attenuate
Colour: green 
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: catkin
Colour: brown, not showy, yellowish
bepnt1.jpgSize:1.2-3 cm
Time: persistent 
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Stem
Colour: exfoliating
Description: white, grey
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Fruit type: nut
Colour: brown
Time: persistent
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bepno.jpgExposure - filtered shade, full sun, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - shade tree, street, boulevard tree, invasive (frowned upon)
Propagation - seed, softwood cuttings
Comments - short lived due to high susceptibility to bronze birch borer
 - many small winged utlets form on the cone ike female catkin axis that shatters when ripe

Pests - anthracnose, fungal leaf spot, leaf miner insect, rust, stem borer insects, virus,  witches broom

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