| General Description | This tree has been placed on the IUCN Red List as least concern. |
| ID Characteristic | Very long leaves and coarse texture make it easy to distinguish from other birches.
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| Shape | Pyramidal shape when young; round when mature. |
| 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.
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| Notable Specimens | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
| 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.
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| Colour Description | Leaves are a lustrous dark green changing to bright yellow in autumn. |
| Texture Description | Coarse texture. |
