Betula papyrifera Paper Birch Betulaceae
| FIA distributions (268 counties) quartiles: | min | 1st | mean | median | 3rd | max | rank |
| Diameter, cm (11588 plots) | 0.3 | 13.2 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 25.4 | 77.5 | 39 |
| Growth Rate, cm2/yr (2963 plots) | 0.1 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 10.2 | 109.2 | 69 |
| Annual Temperature, °C | 1.9 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 78 |
| January Temperature, °C | -18.5 | -12.0 | -9.6 | -9.5 | -6.9 | -2.4 | 78 |
| Precipitation, mm | 382 | 751 | 860 | 794 | 1010 | 1250 | 79 |
| Potential Evapotranspiration, mm/month | 17.9 | 39.2 | 44.2 | 44.5 | 49.5 | 82.0 | 78 |
| Maximum Elevation, m | 103 | 368 | 543 | 456 | 619 | 1860 | 8 |
| Slope, percent | 0.0 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 11.6 | 22.3 | 43 |
| pH | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 17 |
| Permeability, cm/hr | 0.2 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 14.2 | 8 |
| Organic Matter, percent | 1.2 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 10.5 | 35.1 | 3 |
| Clay, percent | 3.3 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 16.0 | 47.3 | 78 |
| Water-Holding Capacity, cm/cm | 3.6 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 16.1 | 50 |