#1122 most planted
Betula maximowicziana
Monarch birch · also Betula maximowicziana
Deciduous
120
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
10
cities
2.3 in
median trunk (6 cm, 27 measured)
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Monarch birch is a large, fast-growing deciduous species native to Japan, prized for its vibrant orange bark that matures to gray or white. It has an open, graceful form with larger leaves than other birches, turning yellow in fall. This resilient pioneer species requires consistent moisture and shows strong resistance to the bronze birch borer.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 840.01%—0.4 in
- 160.01%24 yr—
- 60.01%9.5 yr22 in
- 40.01%——
- 30.00%—8.5 in
- 30.00%——
- 10.00%—31 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—2.5 in
- 10.00%—1.5 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.3 in, mean 8.2 in, 90th percentile 35 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Betula in the catalogue
20 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
