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Cherry Birch
(Betula lenta) |
Other common names:
Black Birch, Sweet Birch
Family:
Birch Family (Betulaceae)
Group:
Birches
Distinctive features:
Tree
Similar species:
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White Birch (Betula papyrifera) - bark papery and white.
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
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Green Alder (Alnus viridis)
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European Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
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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: : tough, flexible
See Also:
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Great Americans: Birches (The Winter View), from The Monday Garden, by Sue Sweeney
Photographs:
22 photographs available, of which 9 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
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Range map for Cherry Birch (Betula lenta)
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)
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