Betula pendula 'Fastigiata'
Betula pendula 'Fastigiata'
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Genus
Betula
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Species
pendula
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Variety Type
Ornamental
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Variety
Betula (Birch)
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Growth Rate
Moderate.
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Foliage
Bright green, triangular leaves with doubly serrate margins. Butter yellow in autumn.
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Bark
Ornamental, papery white bark that exfoliates in sheets. Becoming black fissured on the lower trunk when older.
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Ornamental Fruit
Small winged nutlets borne in a pendulous 'cone' (a strobilus) that sheds in autumn.
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Tree Habit
Columnar, fastigiate, tending to be narrowly ovate when older. The outer branches slightly incurve and intertwine.
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Flowers
Small flowers borne in catkins. Male and female flowers are separate on the same plant (monoecious).
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Height (m)
11
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Width (m)
4