| Description | A medium size pyramidal tree that is proving to be very hardy. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3b |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, prefers moist, adaptable, moderately drought tolerent |
| Soil & Site | average, prefers most well drained, adaptable |
| Temperature | has survivied -34 to -39 F |
| Flowers | catkins, males appear in summer and last until next year, females appear in the spring, monoecious (male and female flower on the same plant |
| Fruit | cluster of winged nutlets |
| Leaves | simple, green, triangular, serrated, not much fall color |
| Stems | bark transitions from grayish-orange to yellow white with age, moderate exfoliation |
| Dimensions | +30 feet tall, +15 feet wide, upright narrow pyramidal shape |
| Maintenance | has proved to be moderatly resistant to common Birch diseases |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated in an open pollinate batch of seed at the University of North Dakota (USA) in 1986. |
| Notes & Reference | HortScience, Vol 32, Dec 1997 |
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