Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis Britton - Birch family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Yellow Birch: Acleris cervinana, Acleris logiana placidana, Acleris nigrolinea, Acleris semiannula, Acrobasis betulella, Acronicta americana, Acronicta fragilis, Acronicta grisea, Acronicta innotata, Acronicta interrupta, Actias luna luna, Amorbia humerosana, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Ancylis comptana, Ancylis discigerana, Anisota virginiensis, Antaeotricha leucillana, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Argyrotaenia mariana, Automeris io io, Besma endropiaria, Besma quercivoraria, Bucculatrix canadensisella, Cameraria betulivora, Campaea perlata, Choristoneura conflictana, Choristoneura rosaceana, Coleophora fuscedinella, Coleophora lentella, Coleophora leucochrysella, Coleophora serratella, Crocigrapha normani, Cyclophora pendulinaria, Dasychira plagiata, Datana ministra, Drepana arcuata, Ectoedemia lindquisti, Ectropis crepuscularia, Elaphria versicolor, Ennomos subsignaria, Epinotia nisella, Epinotia solandriana, Erannis tiliaria, Eupithecia gelidata, Eupsilia morrisoni, Eutrapela clemataria, Gluphisia septentrionis, Halysidota tessellaris, Hedya separatana, Heterocampa biundata, Heterocampa guttivitta, Hethemia pistasciaria, Hethemia pistasciaria pistasciaria, Hyalophora cecropia, Hydrelia inornata, Hydrelia inornata, Hyphantria cunae, Iridopsis larvaria, Korscheltellus gracilis, Lambdina fervidaria athasaria, Lambdina fiscellaria, Limenitis arthemis arthemis, Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata, Lithophane georgii, Lithophane innominata, Lithophane petulca, Lochmaeus manteo, Lophocampa maculata, Lycia ursaria, Lymantria dispar, Macaria anataria, Macaria exauspicata, Macaria pustularia, Macaria quadrilinearia, Machimia tetoriferella, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Melanolophia canadaria, Melanolophia signataria, Morrisonia latex, Nadata gibbosa, Nemoria mimosaria, Nites betulella, Nites grotella, Nymphalis antiopa, Olethreutes auricapitana, Oligocentria lignicolor, Operophtera bruceata, Oreana unicolorella, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia leucostigma, Orgyia leucostigma intermedia, Orthosia revicta, Pachysphinx modesta, Paleacrita vernata, Palthis angulalis, Pandemis canadana, Pandemis lamprosana, Paonias excaecata, Papilio glaucus canadensis, Parallelia bistriaris, Parornix vicinella, Phyllodesma americana, Plagodis alcoolaria, Plagodis phlogosaria, Plagodis serinaria, Pococera aplastella, Polygonia faunus, Polygonia oreas, Probole amicaria, Prochoerodes transversata, Protoboarmia porcelaria, Protoboarmia porcelaria indicataria, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, Psilocorsis cryptolechiella, Psilocorsis reflexella, Pyreferra pettiti, Rheumaptera hastata, Schizura concinna, Schizura unicornis, Semiothisa ulsterata, Sicya macularia, Sparganothis pettitana, Sphinx chersis, Synchlora aerata, Tetracis cachexiata, Zale metatoides, Zale minerea norda

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.