Birch and their Alder relatives, are lightweight trees from the forest fringes, adapted to poor soils and extremes of drought or wet. Birch are the hardiest of broadleaf trees, with species growing all the way up to the tundra. The 60 or so species of Birch vary mostly by bark color, but Betula nigra, known as Red birch, Water birch, or Black birch, but most commonly as River Birch, is one of most adaptable to sites, diseases, and heat...
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River Birch - A Noteworthy Native
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