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Yellow Birch

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Yellow Birch=20 foliage
Conservati= on=20 status
Secure
Scie= ntific=20 classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnolio= phyta
Class: Magnoliops= ida
Order: Fagales
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Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Betula
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Subgenus: Betulenta
Species: B.=20 alleghaniensis
Binomial= =20 name
Betula=20 alleghaniensis
Britt.

Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis, synomym B. lutea<= /I>),=20 is a species of birch native to eastern North=20 America, from Nova Scotia, New=20 Brunswick, and southern Qu=C3=A9bec west to = Minnesot= a, and=20 south in the Appalachian=20 Mountains to northern Georgia= .

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Yellow Birch bark

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall=20 (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The bark is smooth, yellow-bron= ze,=20 flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and sc= ars.=20 The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of oil of wintergreen= ,=20 though not as strongly so as the related Sweet Birch. The leaves are alt= ernate,=20 ovate, 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The <= A=20 title=3DFlower href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower">flowers ar= e=20 wind-pollinated catkins 3-6 cm long, the = male=20 catkins pendulous, the female catkins erect. The fruit, mature in fall, is = composed=20 of numerous tiny winged seeds packed between the ca= tkin=20 bracts.

Yellow Birch is the pr= ovincial=20 tree of Qu=C3=A9bec, where i= t is commonly=20 called merisier, a name which in France is used for the wi= ld=20 cherry.

The name "yellow birch" reflects the color of the tree's bark.

The wood of the yellow birch is extensively used for flooring, cabinetr= y and=20 toothpicks. Most wood sold as birch in North America is from this=20 tree.

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