Comments on: river birch tree http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk/river-birch-tree/2697/ Fri, 18 May 2012 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Mest http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk/river-birch-tree/2697/comment-page-1/#comment-7814 Chris Mest Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:22:37 +0000 http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk-inbox/river-burch-tree/2697/#comment-7814 Maybe a more specific answer to your question is that River Birch is native to Illinois, although south of the Chicagoland area. It is grown a lot around here and is a better choice than European White Birch. It tends to have problems up here with our soil not being acidic enough and it is prone to girdling roots. Maybe a more specific answer to your question is that River Birch is native to Illinois, although south of the Chicagoland area. It is grown a lot around here and is a better choice than European White Birch. It tends to have problems up here with our soil not being acidic enough and it is prone to girdling roots.

]]> By: plant clinic http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk/river-birch-tree/2697/comment-page-1/#comment-7743 plant clinic Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:55 +0000 http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk-inbox/river-burch-tree/2697/#comment-7743 According the Michael Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, "the native habitat for river birch is found from Massachusetts to Florida wet to Minnesota and Kansas. It is restricted to stream banks and other moist places." A good map showing the habitat range can be found on the USFS webite: http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/betula/nigra.htm According the Michael Dirr’s Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, “the native habitat for river birch is found from Massachusetts to Florida wet to Minnesota and Kansas. It is restricted to stream banks and other moist places.” A good map showing the habitat range can be found on the USFS webite:
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/betula/nigra.htm

]]> By: Andrew Hipp http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk/river-birch-tree/2697/comment-page-1/#comment-7739 Andrew Hipp Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:31:53 +0000 http://treetalk.mortonarb.org/member-talk-inbox/river-burch-tree/2697/#comment-7739 Dear Sandra, I am assuming that you are asking either what the habitat of the river birch is or what its geographic range is. The typical habitat is floodplain and river banks, soils that are seasonally inundated. You can find a brief description of the tree and its habitats on vPlants: http://vplants.org/plants/species/species.jsp?gid=4936 As a typical floodplain species, river birch tolerates wet, clayey soils. As for the geographic distribution, there is a very nice map on the Flora of North America website: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=5749&flora_id=1 I hope this helps. Take care, Andrew Dear Sandra,

I am assuming that you are asking either what the habitat of the river birch is or what its geographic range is. The typical habitat is floodplain and river banks, soils that are seasonally inundated. You can find a brief description of the tree and its habitats on vPlants:

http://vplants.org/plants/species/species.jsp?gid=4936

As a typical floodplain species, river birch tolerates wet, clayey soils. As for the geographic distribution, there is a very nice map on the Flora of North America website:

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=5749&flora_id=1

I hope this helps. Take care,

Andrew

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