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Bon View Estates Linear Park,\u00a0N. 3rd & Monroe Streets, Denver PA (parking lot is just west of Monroe near its intersection with North 3rd)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bon View Estates Linear Park probably has the largest concentration of River Birch in Lancaster County. \u00a0 Native to the Eastern United States,\u00a0Betula nigra<\/em>\u00a0typically\u00a0lives in floodplains and can tolerate submersion of its lower parts for days or even weeks at a time. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While its exfoliating bark doesn’t quite have the stunning color of the Paperbark Maple\u00a0(Acer griseum<\/em>;\u00a0see separate entry),\u00a0B. nigra’s\u00a0<\/em>bark is nevertheless spectacular, especially in younger trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Bon View Linear Park, a dozen of these trees line an entrance road in what is an impressive one-sided allee display.  Additional River Birches are scattered throughout the park, which lies in the floodplain of the Little Cocalico Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This amazing species is a heat-tolerant member of what is otherwise a cold-weather family of trees.  Unlike other birches, River Birch can be found as far south as Florida.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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