• it grows 40 to 70 feet high
• it is an oval shaped tree
• the flowers on the tree bloom from April to May
• the flowers are brown or green
• the River Birch is one of the 12 kinds of birch trees
• it can stand when it is really wet or really dry
• some people also call it Red Birch
• it grows on long banks of rivers, ponds, and marshes
• the young River Birch has pink bark 
• when it gets older it turns almost black
  
• it is the only typical birch in the south
• its bark is used as paper 

Emily