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Betula nigra L.
River Birch
Black Birch
Water Birch
Florida native
An occasional tree of wooded river and stream banks in north Florida and the panhandle. The range is mostly the eastern United States.
A deciduous tree that grows to 35m (115 ft.) tall with scaly and flaking bark that is reddish to yellowish-brown. The simple leaves are two-ranked and alternate, somewhat triangular-shaped with doubly-serrate margins, 3-10cm (1-3/16 to 4 in.) long and 1-3cm (4/10 to 1-3/16 in.) wide. The petioles are conspicuously tomentose (fuzzy). The male flowers are in the form of a long drooping catkin, the females flowers in shorter erect catkins. fruit is a small cone-like structure 2.5-4cm (1 to 1-1/2 in.) long.
Betula nigra is a member of the Betulaceae - Birch family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Mar 23, 2023
