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Shade Trees - Birch Cultivars
How to
Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree

Betula nigra 'Heritage'
Heritage river birch

This selection has outstanding exfoliating bark in various shades of white to salmon-white, becoming tan-white. It is more vigorous than the species and appears to be more pest tolerant. Heritage is the registered trademarked name for the cultivar 'Cully', discovered by Earl Cully of Jacksonville, Illinois.
Habit:

It has a narrow, pyramidal to oval crown with

many fine branches when young, spreading wider and

becoming more oval with age with several branches

eventually becoming dominant. It has scaly, beige or

creamy white bark, which remains an attractive

pinkish-white for a longer period of time than the

species. The leaves are generally shaped like a

triangle.

Size: Moderate to fast growing Broadly pyramidal to
Height: 40 to 50 feet Spread: 20 to 35 feet
Color: Light, glossy green leaves
Hardiness: Zone 3 - 7 USDA
Family: Betulaceae
   
 

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