| General Description | It is a medium sized tree with bronze/yellow bark. The leaves are a dull green with a yellow underside. It develops a catkin which contains numerous white winged seeds.
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| ID Characteristic | It has a bronze/yellow bark that turns reddish. The underside of the leaves have a tinge of yellow to them.
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| Shape | Develops a broad, round crown. |
| Landscape | Rarely seen in cultivation, and rare in the wild where odd trees may be seen growing in mixed hardwood forests. |
| Pests | Leaf miner
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| Notable Specimens | Medway Valley, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Seen where there is a cool moist soil and where there are scattered trees. |
| Bark/Stem Description | It has a bronze/yellow bark. It's bark then later turns a red/brown and becomes very rigid. Not as appealing as the paper birch.
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| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | They are imbricate and usually are appressed and slightly hairy. These are 1-2 cm in size.
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| Leaf Description | They are a simple leaves alternately arranged and are doubly serrate. They are ovate to linear ovate, to about 7.5-12.5 cm in length with a rounded base. |
| Flower Description | It develops a catkin that is full of tiny white winged seeds. These catkins are 2-4 cm long by 1.5 cm thick. They are usually brown in colour.
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| Fruit Description | Catkins grow 2-4 cm long, they are thick and erect, short stalked or subsessile, usually brown in colour.
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| Colour Description | The tree has dull green leaves with a yellow underside. The leaves turn yellow in the autumn. The bark is a yellow/bronze and turns to a brown/red that is slightly rigid at maturity.
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| Texture Description | It has a medium texture.
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