Use the wood of the river birch is used locally for fuel and occasionally for woodenware and turnery.
River birch tree florida.
Its diamond shaped double toothed leaves produce an erect or spreading canopy that covers.
The river birch is a popular tree for river banks and wet parts of the garden.
Betula nigra the black birch river birch or water birch is a species of birch native to the eastern united states from new hampshire west to southern minnesota and south to northern florida and west to texas.
This tree occurs in southern new england west through pennsylvania and southern wisconsin to southeastern minnesota.
River birch is hardy grows rapidly but tends to be short lived 30 to 40 years in many urban settings possibly due to inadequate water supply.
Situate the tree so it receives adequate water.
South to northern florida in the east and eastern texas in the west.
Its attractive bark is especially striking in the winter when the rest of the tree is bare.
Keep reading to learn more river birch tree facts such as river birch tree care and effectively using river birch trees in the landscape of your home.
The tree requires an acid soil otherwise it becomes chlorotic.
River birch tolerates low soil oxygen flooding and clay soil but needs moist conditions.
It has limited ornamental use.
Nigra commonly occurs in floodplains and swamps.
It is one of the few heat tolerant birches in a family of mostly cold weather trees which do not thrive in usda zone 6 and up.