River birch
NativeBetula nigra
Birch (Betulaceae) · Other broadleaf · 40–70 ft
Knowing it
Salmon-pink peeling bark and doubly toothed leaves. Native along streams statewide; the most planted birch in Missouri yards.
What a tree company sees
Weak forks and heavy summer leaf drop in drought. Bleeds sap if pruned in spring; prune in summer.
Recorded in 64 counties
- Adair County
- Audrain County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Chariton County
- Clay County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- Dent County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Henry County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- McDonald County
- Mississippi County
- Moniteau County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Perry County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Ray County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Scotland County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Vernon County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.