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Betula maximowicziana
Also called Maximowicz's Birch
Monarch birch is a large deciduous birch tree from the Kuril Islands and northern to central Japan, valued for timber and its ornamental white bark. It grows best in cool, moist conditions with full sun.
Betula maximowicziana, the monarch birch, is a species of birch tree native to the Kuril Islands and northern to central Japan. It is a valuable timber tree in Japan. It is also grown as an ornamental for its bark in Japan, Europe and a few places in North America, but has had limited acceptance due to lack of uniformity.
Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis · Yellow birch · Erman's Birch · Betula gmelinii · Sweet birch · Medwediew's Birch · River birch · Paper birch · Curly birch · Silver Birch · Downy Birch · Bakdal Birch
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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.
