Basisdaten
description:
The monarch birch is native to Japan and grows very quickly as all birches.
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 is serrated.
leaf shape:
oblong
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
yellow
flowering:
May
blossom color:
yellow
gender distribution:
monoecious
fruit:
The fruit are small winged nutlets.
branches:
The branches are brown. The buds protrude significantly, are oblong pointed and red-brown.
bark:
Die Rinde ist glatt, dunkel und löst sich vertikal in Streifen ab. Unter den abgelösten Streifen ist die Rinde hell.
root:
heart-rooting
location:
sun to half-shade
ph value:
acidic to slightly alkaline
usage:
Rare garden tree. In the homeland it is a forest tree