Taxon

Betula nigra 'Summer Cascade'

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Common name: Summer Cascade river birch, Summer Cascade red birch
Family: Betulaceae (birch family)
Distribution: Species native to e.-c. and e. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Plant Patent Info.: PP15,105; 24 August, 2004
Comments: A new selection of a popular deciduous tree; it has a weeping, mounded form with gracefully arching branches. Very fast growing! Staked upright it can be grown taller; left alone it continues to mound upon itself. Exfoliating bark is brown, tan and gray. Resistant to bronze birch borer and leaf minor. Use as a specimen, focal point especially near water. Original plant grew 6' tall and 10' wide in ten years.
Links: NC State University Cooperative Extension • US Patent and Trademark Office- Patent No. Search

Locations

  • 1: VCA: AV10 (AV10) • Accession: D2005-0369.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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