- AKA Betula lutea
- Upright, pyramidal habit with graceful ascending branches
- Bark is shiny, yellowish or silvery-gray, becoming reddish-brown with age
- Leaves are elliptical, short-pointed, saw-toothed and dark green
- Foliage turns bright yellow in the fall
- Long yellowish drooping catkins appear near the tip of the twigs on male plants
