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Light Requirements: full sun

Soil Moisture: moist, well-drained

Bloom Color: green

Bloom Time: April - May

Height: 40-75 ft.

Root Structure: Shallow, fibrous

Deer Resistant? yes

Black Walnut tolerant? Not sure

Grown from local seed? Yes

New York Flora Distribution Map

Black Birch (Betula lenta)

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I'm a native of New York state and Tompkins County, NY.

I'm known for my medicinal and culinary uses

I was used to supply wintergreen oil for medicinal and culinary uses

i can be tapped like a maple tree for my sap, which can be fermented for birch beer or boiled for beech syrup

I'm a pioneer species, so I move into an area soon after loggers come through.

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