Other common names:
Black Birch, Sweet Birch Family: Birch Family (Betulaceae) Group: Birches Distinctive features: Tree Similar species: • White Birch (Betula papyrifera) - bark papery and white. •
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) • Green Alder (Alnus viridis)
• European Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
• Speckled Alder (Alnus incana)
Flowers: Spring Leaves: Alternate, Simple, Toothed Habitat: Forests; Open forests. Books: Trees in Canada: 295 Native/Non-native:
Native Notes:
Mature Cherry Birch trees are only found in a single location in Ontario: a single stand of them in Port Dalhousie (St. Catharines) on Lake Ontario, on private property. The tree featured on this page is a young one at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario.
Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: lenta: tough, flexible Photographs:
22 photographs available, of which 9 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Bark of Cherry Birch is dark, not at all like White Birch (Betula papyrifera). This is the bark of a young tree. Note the similarity of the bark to that of Cherries - hence the tree's name: Cherry Birch! The two types of trees are easily confused.
The lower trunk.
The overall form of a young Cherry Birch.
The leaves are elliptical. This is the upper side of a leaf.
