The white birch of Europe is the silver birch, Betula pendula, named for the way its branches hang down. You will find self-seeded thickets of it from Bavaria to Scotland and beyond.

By Ann Beebe family@post-journal.com The top of my dead white birch tree toppled over. The cause was rotting. Folks also call this tree “canoe birch” and “silver birch.” The official name is “paper ...

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.

Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of it… Editor's Note: This column first appeared in the York Weekly in 2013.

One of my white-birch-tree days I shall always remember as having been curiously influenced by a present and past of world-thought which seemed to infest it. It was in that part of the forest of ...

Boxlapse. Growing a BIRCH TREE from seed Time-lapse. Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: April 7, 2025. Betula pubescens, commonly known as: downy birch, moor birch, white birch, European white ...

River birch is a favorite ornamental yard tree in the southern United States. It's hardy, loves living near water, and can be often messy to maintain.

In this edition of ID That Tree, meet River Birch. As its name implies, it is often found near waterways and in moist soil areas across the state of Indiana. It can be multi-stemmed, often in ...

On May 13, 1923, Mother’s Day, a white birch tree was planted in honor of mothers on the shore of Antietam Lake.About 1,000 people showed up for the event, considered the first of its kind in ...

My dad and I left the Polish East Side for the University District in the summer of 1968. He almost immediately planted a white birch sapling in the front yard.