River Birch - Betula nigra

Betulaceae - Birch Family
"A Year With the Trees" Tree 15
River Birch
Betula nigra

Winter

The River Birch has most distinctive bark. The bark peels like paper with colors of tan and white and brown all showing through the peelings. Sit under a River Birch Tree on a winter's day and look how the bark peels create such interesting textures and colors.

Spring

This River Birch lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org

The new spring leaves are shown in this image.  This beauty always amazes me.

Summer

The River Birch is such a beautiful tree with leaves and bark are very distinctive. See the arrow shaped leaf that is doubly toothed and the peeling reddish brown bark?

This River Birch lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens.  www.ashevillebotanicalgardens.org.

Fall

For the love of the River Birch,
Becky

July 14 - The River Birch Tree - Betula nigra

The River Birch Tree.  This River Birch Tree lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens.  The reddish-colored papery, flaky bark makes this tree stand out in the woods.    Photo by BGA staff.