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Survives zone 2 through 6
Spring sap tapped for syrup — the classic North American sap birch; under 1% sugar, but the sweetest of the birches here. A large volume of sap is needed per litre of syrup.
- Hardiness
- Zone 2 to 6
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Sap
- Ripens
- Early spring at the thaw — a short 2–3 week sap flow
- Mature size
- Large tree to ~20 m — not containerable
- Light
- Full sun (light-demanding pioneer)
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.5 (lime-tolerant)
- Environment
- Boreal
- Status
- Sap
- Years to fruit
- 3–4 yrs
- Pollination
- Wind-pollinated, monoecious catkins — irrelevant to a sap crop