Family: Betulaceae
Scientific Name: Betula papyrifera Renci
Common Name: Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
| Description | An improved cultivar of the White Birch. |
| Pronunciation | (Bet-u-lah)(pap-i-RiF-era) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to moist, not dry |
| Soil & Site | average, not dry |
| Flowers | monoecious, having male and female flowers on the same plant, in the form catkins |
| Fruit | nutlet found in the small, scaly, cone-like shaped structure |
| Leaves | simple, green, glossy, serrate, yellow fall |
| Stems | exfoliating bark, white and orange on inside, prominent lenticels |
| Dimensions | 50-70 tall by 20-25, pyramidal growth form |
| Maintenance | in good growing conditions will be tolerant of Birch Borer |
| Cultivar Origin | Originator is Evergreen Nursery, Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, USA. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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