The river birch is well-known for its peeling, paper-like bark. The cinnamon-colored ... Horticulture Society Gold Medal in 1990 and was selected as 2002 Tree of the Year by the Society of ...

Silver and Gold' bears ... that snake up the tree. The older wood of trident maple (A. buergerianum) adds winter interest with its gray, orange and brown peeling bark. And paper bark maple ...

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.