The Dawes Arboretum
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maximowicziana
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
monarch birch
Family:
Betulaceae (birch family)
Distribution:
Japan and Kurile Islands
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A large tree to 50-60' with a roundish habit. Leaves and catkins are the largest within the genus. Young twigs and branches are reddish brown and colorful. Distinct heart-shaped leaves are dark green in summer turning yellow in the fall. Resistant to bronze birch borer.
Links:
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
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The Plant List
Locations
1:
DWH: AM08
(AM08)
• Accession: D1992-0541.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual