Data sources

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Sourced5 Source not recorded8 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Britton	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 166 (1904)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1904	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Yellow birch	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	560 cm	560 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 405 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 431, 873	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 115 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Growth rate	empty	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	3260 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 68, 92, 184, 431, 873	Not on the record
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 118 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 460, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 102 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 110, 130, 444, 445	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	76 cm	76 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 662	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	21.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuelwood, lumber, medical, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Betula alleghaniensis Britton, 1904 16% complete

Yellow birch

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