I've seen this species a few times in southeast Pennsylvania and it is occasionally used in the Midwest also. Most nurseries don't carry this. It is used by some landscape architects and professional designers. There is a good group planted near the train connection at the Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania; I last saw them in 2017. This species has white bark appearing like paper sheets upon the trunk. The bluish-green leaves are rounded and large. It is more resistant to heat and drought than the European White Birch and about the same as the Paper Birch. I worked around one customers home in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania that had one specimen planted there. It was doing well the first seven years when I came by there about once a month, but it declined with Bronze Birch Borer damage during the last three years and was removed before dying. That customer did not water it when some significant heat and drought struck. This species should be good for about 30 years in landscapes in the Midwest and Eastern US.

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