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 ...

Alaska Botanical Garden: Membership should be mandatory for all readers. World-class rock garden, all manner of yoga classes, ...

Forests of silver birch stretch across Europe, and they are a wonder to behold: stands of slender, white-barked trees sheltering vast swathes of earth. But these woodlands also have value beyond their ...

Season will be less vibrant with trees such as birches, which usually offer a striking burst of yellow leaves, already bare ...

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of 80 birch trees, which offer raw material for papermaking, construction, furniture-building, and more. “Birch is one of the major trees for forest products in ...

The Paper Birch, or Betula Papyrifera is a shorter lived birch tree growing in North America, with the folk names of Beithe, Berke, and Bouleau, to name a few. These trees are often one of the first ...

Curly—or Karelian—birch is a mysterious tree with a patterned wood texture and a bizarre trunk shape. Unlike the elegant white-stemmed traditional birch, the Karelian one may seem unsightly at first ...