Sweet Birch

Betula lenta L. - Birch family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 75.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Red, 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 Sweet Birch: Anagoga occiduaria, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Cameraria lentella, Coleophora lentella, Coleophora leucochrysella, Habrosyne scripta, Hyalophora cecropia, Limenitis arthemis arthemis, Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata, Lochmaeus manteo, Lymantria dispar, Morrisonia confusa, Morrisonia latex, Nymphalis vau-album, Orgyia leucostigma, Papilio glaucus canadensis, Phyllodesma americana, Phyllonorycter martiella, Polia imbrifera, Polygonia faunus, Pyreferra pettiti

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
CAN: Ontario

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (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.