Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of its distinctive white bark. The scientific name Betula papyrifera ...

In the paper birch trees, in particular, the layers peel away in horizontal, curly strips. Lenticels are pores that move carbon dioxide and oxygen through a tree's protective outer bark.

Most people think of the classic birch tree with white bark, but there are also varieties with red, peeling bark and upright ...

One such species is the river birch, Betula nigra. The bark of this tree exfoliates — or peels away in layers — to reveal shades of cinnamon, cream, salmon and pink. Light, wispy branching ...

Yellow Birch boasts distinctive ... is the luminous quality of the bark on branches and young stems, presenting a silvery-gray or yellowish-brown sheen in loose, horizontal layers akin to ribbons. As ...

Join our Whatsapp channel ASIKKALA: In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch ... bark from the black and white boreal ...

In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark ... honey-hued bark from the black and white boreal tree can be ...