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The following statement is provided by Portland Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry:
The best protection for sidewalks is to plant the right tree in the right place. However, extra protection can be taken by installing root barriers at the time of planting. Root barriers guide roots downward and away from infrastructure and therefore may help prevent sidewalk damage and reduce sidewalk trip hazards. Root barriers are required by Portland Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry for all planting sites less than 4 feet wide, and are recommended for all other street tree planting sites. Root barriers are panels or rolls of rigid plastic either 12" or 18" high and a few millimeters thick. The rolls are cut, or panels lock together, to achieve desired length, which is 6' long.
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River Birch
Betula nigra
Characteristics: This beautiful birch has striking exfoliating bark and glossy green foliage
Growing Conditions: Performs well in urban soils. In the wild, this tree is found along stream banks and wetter areas.
Uses: Exfoliating bark makes a great street tree; also useful along streams or in wetter areas.
Height: 60' at maturity
Width: 35' at maturity
Shape: Oval when young, rounded (irregular) when mature.
Flowers: Male catkins expand to 3
Leaves: Lustrous green in summer, yellow in fall. Drop quickly; diamond-shaped leaves with a wedge-shaped base.
Bark: Light brown (often reddish) bark exfoliating into papery plates, exposing inner bark layers. Wide variation in bark color among trees. Young trunk and branches have thin, shiny red-brown bark. Shaggy appearance as tree ages. Not the white barked birch tre
Native to low-lying, occasionally flooded areas in the Eastern US.
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