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Betula ermanii |
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Erman Birch |
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Northeastern Asia
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Japan |
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Pyramidal to oval canopy. |
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Up to 100 feet in the wild. |
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Alternate, simple, 2 to 4” long, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2” wide,
triangular-ovate, acuminate, truncate or subcordate,
unequally coarsely serrate, usually glandular beneath or
pubescent on veins, 7 to 11 vein pairs; petiole-1/4 to 1
1/2” long, warty. |
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Cream to pinkish
bark which exfoliates in large sheets. |
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etu/a ermanil,
(bet’ü-la er-man’ë-i), Erman Birch, is a
pyramidal-oval tree in youth said to grow to 100’.
The few trees I have seen possessed a creamy or
pinkish white, peeling bark that was the rival of
any birch species. The bark comes off in large
papery sheets. Mr. Don Shadow reported that it did
not perform well in his nursery (Zone 7). Three
months cold stratification produced good
germination. Cultivated 1880.
Zone 5.
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