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Betula davurica
Also called Black Birch, Dahurian Birch
Asian black birch (Betula davurica) is a deciduous tree native to China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and the Russian Far East, reaching about 20 m with dark bark. It is a hardy, cold-tolerant birch grown mainly in cool temperate gardens and arboreta.
Betula davurica (lit. 'Daur birch'), Dahurian birch, or Asian black birch (Chinese: 黑桦; pinyin: hēihuà), is a species of birch which is native to China, Japan, Korea, eastern Mongolia, and Russian Far East. It was introduced to the United Kingdom and also grows at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. In Japan, it usually grows in Nobeyama in Nagano Prefecture in the island of Honshu where it is considered to be endangered. Small population of them can also be found on Hokkaido and Kuril Islands.
Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis · Yellow birch · Himalayan birch · Betula austrosinensis · Betula celtiberica · Chichibu Birch · China birch · Hearleaf Birch · Korean Birch · Erman's Birch · Japanese bog birch · Resin birch
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Betula davurica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
