Chinese Red Birch
Betula albosinensis
Betulaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Mountains in West China
Location
Floriculture War Memorial Trail, Hillside Garden
Source of plant
Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Eastern Plant Specialists, Gardens North, US National Arboretum
Description
Tree, 18-25 m; bark peeling, rather thin, orange or red-orange, young bark glaucous; young twigs glandular, pubescent, dark brown and glabrous when mature. Leaves 4-7 cm, narrowly ovate, apex acuminate, base rounded, irregularly biserrate, green tinged yellow above, paler beneath, hairy between veins when young, veins in 10-14 pairs, petiole 6-12mm, silky at first. Male catkins 4-6cm, females 25-37x8mm, solitary or rarely paired. Fruit catkins ovoid-cylindric, 3-4cm, pendulous; nutlets elliptic, 1x0.5mm, wing relatively broad. Zone 7.
USDA Hardiness Zone
7
Special characteristics
bark