Birch

Betula sp

Characteristics

• Papery bark with horizontal lenticels

• Triangular leaves serrated or doubly serrate

• Strange little cylindrical cones

• Many ornamental species, Native Water Birch is most common in Eastern Oregon and has reddish brown bark

Ecology

• Water birch an important riparian species in Eastern Oregon

• Scrub birch found in mountain meadows

• Buds eaten by grouse and Mountain Quail

• Twigs browsed by deer and elk

• Ornamentals all over Klamath Falls