This tree has interesting scaly bark with dark green foliage.
River birch tree texas.
The ornamental river birch tree favors moist soils and is typically found growing along the banks of streams and in swampy lowlands.
River birch s distinguishing characteristic is its outstanding peeling cinnamon colored bark.
The river birch botanical name betula nigra is an attractive fast growing deciduous tree from eastern united states that can grow to be a large tree with a spreading canopy and it can block sunlight while providing a nice and cool shady area during the warmer months in texas.
Although it is extrememly heat tolerant in dry years it will shed.
It is a highly heat tolerant deciduous tree.
It grows in the wetlands of the pineywoods and the post oak savannah and is best adapted to moist soils.
River birch is a fast growing deciduous semi aquatic tree that reaches between 50 and 90 feet in height.
River birch black birch red birch water birch betula nigra.
This birch will grow one foot per year until it reaches a height of 20 feet at maturity.
Its diamond shaped double toothed leaves produce an erect or spreading canopy that covers.
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.