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Japanese White Birch🌳
Betula platyphylla var. japonica
シラカンバ（シラカバ）
A deciduous tall tree with distinctive white bark, representative of Hokkaido and highland areas. The beautiful white bark symbolizes highland landscapes. Leaves are rhombic to triangular with serrate margins. Turns yellow in autumn.
Identification Points
- ✓Distinctive white bark that peels in papery sheets
- ✓Leaves are rhombic to triangular with doubly serrate margins
- ✓Male catkins are long and pendulous
- ✓Yellow autumn foliage
Habitat
Hokkaido, highlands, mountains
Season
Year-round (yellow autumn foliage in October to November)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Petal fusion
No petals
Stipules
Present
Leaf dissection
Undivided
Ovary position
Superior
Plant sex
Monoecious
Phylogenetic Positionカバノキ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Fagales > Betulaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Sources & References
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