Betula alleghaniensis

• AKA Betula lutea
• Upright, pyramidal habit with graceful ascending branches
• Bark is shiny, yellowish or silvery-gray, becoming reddish-brown with age
• Leaves are elliptical, short-pointed, saw-toothed and dark green
• Foliage turns bright yellow in the fall
• Long yellowish drooping catkins appear near the tip of the twigs on male plants

HEIGHT:
20-22 m

SPREAD:
12-15 m