Cutleaf Weeping Birch

Betula pendula laciniata

Courthouse - 501 Government Way

This form of the European white birch has deeply-cut leaf margins and a "weeping" form. "White" refers to color of the bark.

The five large trees on the court house lawn are the largest local specimens of this type of birch tree. The number of birch trees in Coeur d'Alene have been diminishing over the past two decades due to infestations of the bronze birch borer. These mature trees evidently have become well established and have achieved a level of healthfulness that makes them less attractive to the destructive insects.