Northern China and Korea. Broadly conical, deciduous. Ornamental growth habit. Cream bark, paper thin and peeling. Quite rare in NZ.

Narrow upright habit, deciduous. Bark dark red-brown to black. Yellow autumn colour. Oil of wintergreen from leaves and sap. Birch beer from fermented sap. Timber light brown, hard, heavy for flooring and furniture. Palatable, protect from rabbits.

Northern North America. Broadly conical, deciduous. Bark white, peeling in thin layers, pale pinkish-orange when freshly exposed. Leaves relatively large, bright yellow in autumn. Yields hard white timber.

A dark purple foliaged selection of Silver birch, the vibrant colour maintained through the summer. Slower growing and likely to form a smaller tree.