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.

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 mature white willow can grow to a height of 75 to 100 feet tall and are known as water indicator trees — where a white ...

While paper birch doesn't only live in the far north, it is a tree that is well adapted to cold climates, thriving at the northernmost limits of tree growth in arctic Canada and Alaska.

Like many tree species in New England and the northern hemisphere, the paper birch is susceptible to several pests, including the bronze birch borer and the birch leaf miner. Fortunately though, the ...

I bought a Christmas tree yesterday. Actually, two. The first is a balsam. To me, Christmas smells like Abies balsamaea. Its long-lasting fragrance is the opposite of the foul odor produced by last… ...

Different birch tree species can be distinguished by those protective bracts. Gray and paper birch seeds are protected by bracts that look, to me, like soaring birds – two outstretched wings, a ...

His paper bark birch was in serious decline. From what I could see this 18 inches to 2 feet diameter tree was in bad shape. I talked to the homeowner, and he made the decision to take it down.

In the paper birch trees, in particular, the layers peel away in horizontal, curly strips. 3. of 8. Lenticels . Eerik / Getty Images. Lenticels are pores that move carbon dioxide and oxygen ...