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Betula lenta
Also called Black birch, Cherry birch, Round-leaf Birch, Mahogany birch, Spice birch, Red birch
Sweet birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America, grown mainly for its wood and sap. It is a tree for large gardens and landscapes rather than a small ornamental.
Betula lenta (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America.
The species is native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.
The wood of black birch is heavy at 47 pounds per cubic foot and is used for furniture, millwork, and cabinets. It is similar to yellow birch wood and often not distinguished from it in the lumber trade.
Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis · Yellow birch · Erman's Birch · Betula gmelinii · Monarch birch · Medwediew's Birch · River birch · Paper birch · Curly birch · Silver Birch · Downy Birch · Bakdal Birch
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Betula lenta 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.
