River Birch

Noted for its shaggy, peeling salmon-colored bark. The natural form is a single-trunked tree, but multi-trunked cultivars are common. Southernmost birch in the US.



Specimen plant located where the salmon-colored shaggy bark can be seen. Use for shoreline erosion control. Has been used for mine reclamation due to its tolerance of acidic soils.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Although native to floodplains, it is not tolerant of extended periods of flooding.

Birds and small mammals consume seed.

River floodplains

• Interesting bark, Fall color
• Larval host for Mourning Cloak and Dreamy Duskywing butterflies