I bought a Christmas tree yesterday. Actually, two. The first is a balsam. To me, Christmas smells like Abies balsamaea. Its long-lasting fragrance is the opposite of the foul odor produced by last… ...

Today, paper birch is typically used commercially for pulpwood, plywood, veneer, and turnery, while it is also a desirable ornamental planted around homes and public buildings, in parks, and on ...

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Paper Birch. This species is found in the North Woods of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Birch and aspen glow orange in September in the Chena River State Recreation Area east of Fairbanks. (Photo by Ned Rozell) We are at fall equinox, a day of great equality: All the residents of the ...

Paper birch was selected because they live in boreal forest biomes, which are located in the northernmost parts of the planet and are expected to be among the ecosystems hit hardest by climate change.