Basisdaten
description:
The birch is native to Japan and grows as all birches very quickly.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Betula maximowicziana
family:
Birch family (Betulaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
up to 30 m (99 ft)
leaf:
The leaves are heart-shaped to obovate, deciduous and the leaf margin serrate.
leaf shape:
ovoid
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
May
blossom color:
yellow
blossom description:
The flowers are yellowish catkins that come before the leaf shoots.
gender distribution:
dioecious
fruit:
The fruit are small winged nutlets.
branches:
The branches are brown. The buds stick out significantly, are oblong pointed and red-brown.
bark:
The bark is smooth, dark and dissolves vertically into strips. Among the detached strip the bark is light.
root:
Heart-rooting plant
location:
sun
soil:
porous soils
ph value:
acidic - slightly alkaline