This tree has interesting scaly bark with dark green foliage.
River birch tree texas.
The river birch tree betula nigra also referred to as red birch and black birch is native to texas growing naturally in the piney woods and post oak savannah wetland areas.
It grows in the wetlands of the pineywoods and the post oak savannah and is best adapted to moist soils.
Its diamond shaped double toothed leaves produce an erect or spreading canopy that covers.
Although it is extrememly heat tolerant in dry years it will shed.
Usually a medium sized tree to 40 feet tall and one or more trunks 8 to 12 in diameter but can reach heights of up to 90 feet with an oval crown of drooping branches.
Red birch leaf type.
River birch s distinguishing characteristic is its outstanding peeling cinnamon colored bark.
It is a highly heat tolerant deciduous tree.
River birch black birch red birch water birch betula nigra.
Its leaves turn yellow in the fall before they drop.
The ornamental river birch tree favors moist soils and is typically found growing along the banks of streams and in swampy lowlands.