Paper birch, though, is so much more. According to the National Park Service, there is evidence of the trees being used by ...

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.

Known as the state tree of New Hampshire, the paper birch (Betula papyrifera) is commonly referred to as a ‘poor man’s fire starter.’ The trees’ characteristic white papery bark is impossible to miss ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...

White birch (also called paper birch or canoe birch) is probably the most common of our birches. They can grow 50 to 70 feet tall in the wild, but most are not that large; the national champion ...

“The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” — Ralph W. Sockman “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — William Butler Yeats. “You learn ...

SARANAC LAKE — “Birch, Birch, Birch” is the themed exhibit for the month of May at the Adirondack Artists Guild in Saranac Lake. The Birch tree is notable for its striking white bark and is often ...