Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Trees can be identified in winter by observing their needles, bark, branching patterns, and buds. Distinctive bark, such as ...

New insights into tree architecture: researchers shed light on bushy birch variants Research carried out at the University of Helsinki provides new insights into understanding the genetic structure of ...

Mid-winter is my favorite time to harvest birch for sweet-flavored food and warming beverages. Birch trees are easy to identify in winter thanks to their distinctive bark. The bark is an eye-catching ...

I grew up with birch trees just outside the window. They jutted from the remains of a turn-of-the-century rockery, which separated the drive from the lawn. When we arrived in the 1970s, the garden had ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. River birch has been called "the most beautiful of American trees" by Prince ...