The Rowan Tree, Mountain Ash or Wiggin Tree to name but a few of its names has had associations with magic and witchcraft ...

Several trees offer bark with striking colors and textures. One such species is the river birch, Betula nigra. The bark of this tree exfoliates — or peels away in layers — to reveal shades of ...

European white birch (Betula pendula) goes through several stages, from shiny brown bark to white, and, finally, showing dark gray fissures ‘painted’ with white lines of leftover white ...

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 League of NH Craftsmen – Meredith Fine Craft Gallery will host a felted birch landscape class with juried artist Hannah Gage on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 2-4 ...

Fast growing, a mature river birch can reach a height of 70 feet. Heritage will grow about 30 inches or more each year in colder climates, and even faster in the south. Trees may be trained with ...

Trees develop their characteristic barks as the trunk circumference grows. The dead outer bark can't grow, and so it gives way. Beech bark (Fagus spp.) is flexible, so it stretches and expands.