Betula nigra is an excellent choice for wet areas and has a strong pyramidal shape. Its peeling bark is pink to orange-brown on younger trees, revealing a lighter cream-white bark underneath. On older trees, the bark becomes red to grey-brown and eventually almost black. The glossy green leaves of Betula nigra have a glaucous underside and turn bright yellow in the fall. Betula nigra is deciduous and native to the Eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, south to northern Florida, and west to Texas. Learn more about Betula nigra.