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Betula papyrifera ~ paper birch

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Characteristics:

FACU (commonly found in wetlands)
Michigan C Value: 2
leaf blade is broadly egg shaped, larger towards the base, abruptly tapered to a sharply pointed tip
leaf edges are irregularly double toothed, the upper surface dark green and sparsely hairy to smooth; the lower surface lighter green with hairs on veins
also known as white birch and canoe birch
native

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