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Whole Japanese White BirchTree Tree: #36

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        Common: Japanese White Birch
        Scientific: Betula  platyphylla var. japonica 

Leaf:        Type: compound
  
                                                   Form:    1.   Vein- Pinnate venation
Japanese White Birch Bark                        2.   Apex- Bristle pointed
                       3.   Margin- rigid
                       4.   Base- rounded
         Venation: Palmate
         Arrangement: alternating

Flower: Yes         
           Description: Smaill buds called catkins 

Birch Leaf in the spring
Fruit:   No:
           Description: none

Twig: thin, fuzzy

Bark:  whitish, peels, polished, brown/ bronze

Form: vase shaped base

Japanese White Birch Number leaf Discussion:


Uses: in lawns, parks, forest, furniture

Origin (location): Manitoba, south to the high peaks of Georgia, and Tennessee  

Distribution:North-eastern America

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Birch Leaf in the springMap:

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