Family: Betulaceae
            
                Scientific Name: Betula platphylia var Madison
            
                Common Name: White Satin Birch
            
    
    
            
            
    
            
            
                
    
    
    
    
     
    
 
        
    
    
    
        
            
            
                | Description | An improved cultivar of Birch | 
            
                | Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous | 
            
                | Hardiness Zone | 4-7 | 
            
                | Sunlight | full | 
            
                | Moisture | average, avoid dry areas | 
            
                | Soil & Site | average | 
            
                | Fruit | catkins | 
            
                | Leaves | green, triangular, coarsely serrated, yellow fall color | 
            
                | Stems | satiny white bark | 
            
                | Dimensions | 35 feet tall by 25 feet wide, uniform pyramidal | 
            
                | Maintenance | good borer resistance | 
            
                | Cultivar Origin | Originated at Longenecker Horticultural Gardens, UW-Madison, Madison Wisconsin  USA | 
            
                | Misc Facts | syn. Betula utilis Madison | 
            
        
        
        
     
    
                
	        
            
            
                
            
        
    
    
    
        
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