Gray Birch

Mature Height: Up to around 25.0 feet

Planting Distance: 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Root Depth: 18 inches

Growth Form: Thicket Forming

Growth Rate: Rapid

Flower Color: Brown

Conspicuous Flowers: No

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: Yes

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Medium

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: Medium

Salt Tolerance: Medium

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

Larval Species depending on Gray Birch: Acleris logiana placidana, Acleris semiannula, Acleris tripunctana, Acrobasis betulella, Acronicta americana, Acronicta dactylina, Acronicta fragilis, Aethalura intertexta, Anacamptodes ephyraria, Anopina ednana, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Apotomis albeolana, Apotomis funerea, Archips purpurana, Argyrotaenia mariana, Automeris io io, Bibarrambla allenella, Bucculatrix canadensisella, Caloptilia coroniella, Cameraria betulivora, Choristoneura conflictana, Coleophora serratella, Cyclophora pendulinaria, Datana ministra, Drepana arcuata, Drepana bilineata, Eacles imperialis, Epinotia solicitana, Epinotia stroemiana, Erynnis icelus, Euchlaena marginaria, Eupithecia subfuscata, Eurois astricta, Hemileuca lucina, Heterocampa biundata, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lacanobia nevadae canadensis, Lacinipolia lorea, Lithophane fagina, Lophocampa caryae, Lymantria dispar, Macaria anataria, Macaria exauspicata, Macaria quadrilinearia, Malacosoma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Melanchra assimilis, Mesothea incertata, Mesothea incertata incertata, Nematocampa limbata, Nymphalis vau-album, Olethreutes zelleriana, Oligia mactata, Operophtera brumata, Orgyia antiqua, Orgyia leucostigma, Ortholepis pasadamia, Orthotaenia undulana, Palthis angulalis, Pandemis canadana, Plemyria georgii, Pococera aplastella, Polia detracta, Polia imbrifera, Polia purpurissata, Probole amicaria, Pseudohermonassa bicarnea, Pseudosciaphila duplex, Psilocorsis cryptolechiella, Pyreferra citrombra, Spilonota ocellana, Sthenopis argenteomaculatus, Tortricidia flexuosa