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Key to the Trees of Wisconsin

103. Leaves usually coarsely and irregularly shallow-lobed; bark of mature trunks strongly peeling and curled, dark in color, often blackish in
general aspect or somewhat reddish (though younger bark may be
whitish); the great majority of naturally occurring individuals are
associated with the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers.


Betula nigra
103. Leaves usually not lobed; bark becoming white and papery on trunks and branches greater than 1-2 inches in diameter; various habitats.

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