Betula cordifolia (American Mountain Birch)

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Pinkish/orange or brown-pink bark, peeling in loose sheets on older trunks. Very good yellow autumn leaf colour. Closely related to the paper birch (B. papyrifera).

Source: Newfoundland, Canada.

Height: 9-15 metres, lightly spreading crown.