Top native birches

1 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 1

Water use

Soil

Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Deer resistant

Resists

Wet soil 3 Fire 2 Black walnut 1 Compaction 1 Diseases 1 Dry soil 1 Heat 1 Pollution 1 Poor soil 1 Wind 1

Form

Habit

Multi trunked 1 Open 1 Pyramidal 1

Plant type

Perennial 1 Tree 1

River Birch Betula nigra keystone caterpillars 287 hosts 15 food 47 flowers 31 shelter 1