The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” in their bark.

Canoe builders have a trained eye for picking out a "canoe birch-bark tree," which ideally should be some 50-60 inches in diameter Due to the decimation of forests for lumber and pulpwood ...

ID: A relatively small deciduous tree with small, round leaves and reddish-brown bark when young, maturing to silver-grey. In contrast to the silver birch, whose twigs tend to droop, the downy ...

Only two are native species, although two or more are widely naturalised ... It owes its name to the peeling white bark on its trunk. Young birch trees have smooth bark which peels off in horizontal ...

Birch trees are magnificent ... to any landscape and different species are suited to many backyard ideas. Most people think of the classic birch tree with white bark, but there are also varieties ...

Helen Peltier, who is Anishinaabe from Fort William First Nation, has reconnected to her culture and community through the humble birch bark tree. For Anishinaabe people, the birch tree is a ...

An important component of native woodlands are birch trees. Most people think of white or paper birch (Betula papyifera), ...