#961 most planted
Betula lenta
Sweet birch · also Black birch, Cherry birch, Mahogany birch
Deciduous
231
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
13
cities
4.0 in
median trunk (10 cm, 210 measured)
3.8 yr
median age (47% have a planting date)
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Betula lenta is a deciduous tree that can grow to 50 feet tall and live for hundreds of years. It features papery bark when young, maturing to scaly, rough bark. This species attracts birds and butterflies and has moderate water needs.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 640.08%2.8 yr2.0 in
- 470.04%11 yr33 in
- 300.00%—11 in
- 260.00%—1.2 in
- 180.02%—4.7 in
- 160.01%29 yr5.9 in
- 110.00%—1.6 in
- 80.01%—2.0 in
- 40.00%—15 in
- 30.00%—12 in
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%—7.1 in
- 10.01%—4.0 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 35–40 ft
- Lifespan
- 200 years
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.0 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 38 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Betula in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
