Birch ID?

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Aug 10, 2016

I found this planted tree at a park in Eastern PA. It looks like a birch to me but the bark is curious. Is it a yellow birch (which I've never seen planted)?

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Aug 10, 2016

Not a Birch (Betula sp.) at all, but rather - I think - a species of Cherry (Prunus sp.).

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Aug 11, 2016

I should have thought of that. I figure I know all the cherries so well that I didn't even consider it. lol.

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Aug 12, 2016

Prunus serrula can have lustrous and exfoliating bark like that.

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