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Gray Birch

Gray Birch

Betula populifolia Marsh..

Betulaceae family

A small tree, often with many thin stems with chalky-white bark, and with alternate finely toothed triangular long-pointed leaves. Because it does not grow in any shade it is found in recently disturbed sites and along forest edges and roadsides. Its leaves turn yellow in mid-October.