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TLC Flagship Garden Center - Memorial

105 W. Memorial Road
Oklahoma City, OK 73114

(405) 751-0630

Monday-Saturday | 9am to 6pm
Sunday | 11am to 6pm

TLC Northwest

8208 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73162

(405) 720-0091

Monday-Saturday | 9am to 6pm
Sunday | 11am to 6pm

Dura Heat River Birch Tree

Dura Heat River Birch Tree | TLC Garden Centers

The Facts

Height: 30′ – 40′
Spread: 25′ – 35′
Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Medium to Wet
Soil: Well-Drained
Growth Rate: Fast

Betula nigra, commonly called river birch, is a vigorous, fast-growing, medium-sized, Missouri native deciduous tree which occurs on floodplains, swampy bottomlands and along streams throughout the state. In cultivation, it can be trained as either a single trunk or multi-trunked tree. As a single trunk tree, it develops a pyramidal habit when young, but matures to a more rounded shape.

Multi-trunked trees form a more irregular crown and are generally considered to be the superior growth habit for this species. Salmon-pink to reddish brown bark exfoliates to reveal lighter inner bark. Leathery, diamond-shaped, medium to dark green leaves (1.5-3.5” long) with doubly toothed margins that turn a butter yellow in fall. Flowers appear in drooping, brownish male catkins and smaller, upright, greenish female catkins.

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