The white bark is dramatically visible ... birch leaves that are yellowed from the fall colors and in the background is a birch tree going up through it diagonally. It’s a little out of focus ...

It has served as material and background for curious embroideries ... those of ancient papyrus in Egyptian tombs. One of my white-birch-tree days I shall always remember as having been curiously ...

The top of my dead white birch tree toppled over. The cause was rotting. Folks also call this tree “canoe birch” and “silver birch.” The official name is “paper birch,” Betula papyrifera. It is very ...

Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of its distinctive white bark. The scientific name Betula papyrifera ...

the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches grow in groves as nature's marble columns. Against a clear blue sky, they seem to capture the crisp, cold intensity of the season.

People love their chalky white birch trees. Unfortunately, so does a tiny insect that causes big problems. Only a half-inch long as an adult, the bronze birch borer started establishing itself in ...

Paper birch certainly lends itself to comparisons with paper; the bark is smooth and white and flammable. This whiteness, it turns out, is key to the ability of the birch to survive extreme cold ...

Got a birch tree that doesn’t look too healthy after our long, dry summer? You aren’t alone. Both European white birch and river birch are popular landscape trees in the Inland Northwest.

The Birch tree is notable for its striking white bark and is often among the first trees to regenerate after forest fires. They are a prominent part of the Adirondack landscape, in yards ...