2. 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
3. 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
