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Bog Birch

Betula pumila

Bog Birch Descriptions and Information
Bog Birch has a dark reddish brown bark. Bog Birch can be found in bogs, calcareous fens, wooded swamps, muskegs and lake shores from 0 to 700m elevation in North America. Bog Birch can be found growing naturally in the following Canadian provinces; St. Pierre and Miquelon; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, and in the following U.S. States : CA, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NJ, NY, OH, OR, WA, WI.

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Other names for Bog Birch;
Swamp Birch
Dwarf Birch
Bouleau nain
Betula pumila var. glabra
Betula pumila var. glandulifera
Betula pumila var. pumila
Betula pumila var. renifolia.

Planting and Growing Bog Birch
Bog Birch requires consistently moist soil so, do not let it dry out between watering. Bog Birch has very high moisture needs, making it suitable for use in bogs and near water gardens, but make sure it has a full sun location.

Bog Birch will grow in the following hardiness zones
Zone 2a, -50 F, -45.5 C
Zone 2b, -45 F, -42.7 C
Zone 3a, -40 F, -39.9 C
Zone 3b, -35 F, -37.2 C
Zone 4a, -30 F, -34.4 C
Zone 4b, -25 F, -31.6 C
Zone 5a, -20 F, -28.8 C
Zone 5b, -15 F, -26.1 C
Zone 6a, -10 F, -23.3 C
Zone 6b, -5 F, -20.5 C
Zone 7a, 0 F, -17.7 C
Zone 7b, 5 F, -14.9 C
Zone 8a, 10 F, -12.2 C
Zone 8b, 15 F, -9.4 C
Zone 9a, 20 F, -6.6 C
Zone 9b, 25 F, -3.8 C