Yellow Birch - Betula alleghaniensis

Betulaceae - Birch family

A Year With the Trees tree No. 13

Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

Where to find:  At the Botanical Gardens of Asheville, North Carolinahttp://ashevillebotanicalgardens.org

The leaves of the Yellow Birch tree are alternate, simple, and 2-4 inches long.
The leaf has a pointed tip.
The leaf is dark green above and yellowish green below.
The leaf has finely toothed edges.
The stem smells like wintergreen when scratched.
The bark peels from the side in strips that are paper-like.
The bark is a yellowish gray and has horizontal lines.
The tree usually grows to 70 - 100 feet.

Winter:

buds and limbs, twigs, bark

The Winter Yellow Birch Tree at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville

Spring:

catkins (flowers)

This Yellow Birch lives at Montreat College by Lake Susan. 

Summer:

leaves, fruit

The Yellow Birch Tree - Betula alleghaniensis by Robert Priddy 
www.RobertPriddyPhoto.com

Fall

Leaves

The Yellow Birch Tree

The Yellow Birch Tree

This Yellow Birch tree lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens.  The yellow leaves are a bright light on this rainy day.  ashevillebotanicalgardens.org

For the love of the trees, Becky
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