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Betula maximowicziana
Monarch Birch
Origin: Japan.
| Family |
| Betulaceae |
| Genus |
| Betula |
| Species |
| maximowicziana |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5b - 6b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 4b - 6a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| (-26) - (-18) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| (-15) - 0 |
| Height |
| 24-32 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| This tree has been placed on the IUCN Red List as least concern. |
| Landscape |
| A tree often used for lawn, casts light shade, reported to be resistant to bronze birch borer which plagues other white barked birches. |
| Cultivation |
| Easy to grow, grows rapidly in full sun. |
| Shape |
| Pyramidal shape when young; round when mature. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| Very long leaves and coarse texture make it easy to distinguish from other birches. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| When young, bark is smooth, somewhat shiny and a bronze-colour. Mature bark ranges from grey to white. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves are the largest of all birches; 19 x 14 cm. The edges are finely serrate. New leaves are downy which grow into a lustrous dark green. Autumn foliage is a bright yellow. |
| Flower Description |
| Monoecious, male catkins are 10 to 12.5 cm long and female catkins up to 6 cm, in racemes of two-four. |
| Fruit Description |
| Nutlets are held in cylindrical catkins. |
| Colour Description |
| Leaves are a lustrous dark green changing to bright yellow in autumn. |
| Texture Description |
| Coarse texture. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
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