Bark life: A single tree or a small grove... the birch adds a silver lining to your plot. By MARTYN COX Updated: 10:12 EDT, 15 February 2011 ...

In North America, the white-barked beauty is the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.This is the tree whose bark can be cut away in generous sheets. This is handy for building birch canoes, but not so ...

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.

The white bark of silver birch reflects the destructive UV rays of sunlight, a necessary aid for a pioneering tree, oftentimes lacking the shade of companions. The thick-plaited bark of Scots pine is ...

Silver birch (Betula pendula) The silver birch grows fast in its youth, reaches 25 metres on average and can live up to 200 years. It owes its name to the peeling white bark on its trunk. Young birch ...

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.

She then sews the pieces of bark together with silk thread, creating a contrast between the methodical silk stitches and the natural grain of the white birch. Look used two different layers of bark in ...

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 ...