It grows in the wetlands of the pineywoods and the post oak savannah and is best adapted to moist soils.
River birch tree texas.
It is a highly heat tolerant deciduous tree.
River birch is a fast growing deciduous semi aquatic tree that reaches between 50 and 90 feet in height.
Its leaves turn yellow in the fall before they drop.
River birch black birch red birch water birch betula nigra.
Red birch leaf type.
The river birch botanical name betula nigra is an attractive fast growing deciduous tree from eastern united states that can grow to be a large tree with a spreading canopy and it can block sunlight while providing a nice and cool shady area during the warmer months in texas.
River birch s distinguishing characteristic is its outstanding peeling cinnamon colored bark.
This tree has interesting scaly bark with dark green foliage.
The river birch tree betula nigra also referred to as red birch and black birch is native to texas growing naturally in the piney woods and post oak savannah wetland areas.
Usually a medium sized tree to 40 feet tall and one or more trunks 8 to 12 in diameter but can reach heights of up to 90 feet with an oval crown of drooping branches.
Although it is extrememly heat tolerant in dry years it will shed.