In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, just after the snow melts but before flowers start to bud, Pat Bruderer, 67, searches for paper birch trees. When she finds bark with just the right color on the ...

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 ...

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.

By Ann Beebe [email protected] 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 ...

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.

There's no questioning where the Paper Birch (Latin name Betula papyrifera) gets its name. You might have fond memories of peeling the white, papery bark from this deciduous tree as a child.

Loon Country Arts is set to host a series of free art classes from June 18 - July 26, at 310 Fourth St. Northwest.

Paper birch go through similar cycles every other year, and that’s probably happening now as well, Fulkerson said. “It appears that the spruce and birch are both in high cycles,” he said, ...

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 ...