{"id":2645,"date":"2011-04-19T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T04:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:45:24","slug":"paper-birch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/woody-weeds\/paper-birch\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper birch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <em>Betula papyrifera<\/em> Marsh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common name(s):<\/strong> paper birch, white birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/home\/plantProfile?symbol=BEPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA PLANTS Profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=BEPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPIN Profile<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/betula\/papyrifera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Go Botany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Images:<\/strong> (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose &#8220;view image&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 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srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Betula-papyrifera-3c-opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Betula-papyrifera-3c-opt-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Betula-papyrifera-1c-opt.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Betula-papyrifera-1c-opt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Betula papyrifera young bark\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Betula-papyrifera-1c-opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Betula-papyrifera-1c-opt-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14321'>\n\t\t\t\tyoung bark\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2011\/02\/Betula-papyrifera-2c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2011\/02\/Betula-papyrifera-2c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Betula papyrifera leaves\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2011\/02\/Betula-papyrifera-2c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2011\/02\/Betula-papyrifera-2c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2648'>\n\t\t\t\tleaf detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-distinctive white bark<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>peels off in &#8220;papery rolls&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-elastic young saplings<\/p>\n<p>-seeds are winged and wind dispersed<\/p>\n<p>-can reach a height of 70 feet and 12 inches in DBH<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; may be confused with <em>B. cordifolia<\/em>, which has heart shaped leaves and was formerly thought to be a variety of <em>B. papyrifera<\/em>, or <em>B. populifolia<\/em>, which also occurs in wild blueberry fields; see left sidebar on <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/betula\/papyrifera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a> webpage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-cold climates<\/p>\n<p>-forest edges<\/p>\n<p>-woodlands<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-source of skin for the traditional birch bark canoe<\/p>\n<p>-used to shape snowshoe frames<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wildlife benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-beavers eat the pink inner bark<\/p>\n<p>-snowshoe hare eat the young seedlings<\/p>\n<p>-over browsed by deer, moose, porcupines, and hares<\/p>\n<p>-defoliated by<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0the forest tent caterpillar <i>(Malacosoma disstria)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i> <\/i>the birch skeletonizer <i>(Bucculatrix canadensisella)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>the birch leafminer <i>(Fenusa pusilla)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>birch leaf-mining sawflies <i>(Heterarthrus nemoratus <\/i>and <i>Profenusa thomsoni)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i> <\/i>the birch casebearer <i>(Coleophora serratella)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>the saddled prominent <i>(Heterocampa guttivitta)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>the gypsy moth <i>(Lymantria dispar)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>in Alaska, the spearmarked black moth <i>(Rheumaptera hastata)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>Go Botany. \u201cBetula Papyrifera Marsh.\u201d <i>Betula Papyrifera (Paper Birch): Go Botany<\/i>, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/betula\/papyrifera\/.<\/p>\n<p>Safford, L O, et al. \u201cPaper Birch.\u201d <i>Betula Papyrifera Marsh<\/i>, USDA, www.srs.fs.usda.gov\/pubs\/misc\/ag_654\/volume_2\/betula\/papyrifera.htm.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared by Jennifer L. 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