Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018. Scientific name: Betula populifolia Marsh. Common name(s): gray birch, oldfield birch Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose “view image”)
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Gray birch
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gray birch, young stand
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leaf detail
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young leaves
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seedling
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Regrowth end of May, on the edge of rocky field
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leaves are toothed
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