(high level of character-marked wood). Figure 2. Paper birch edge-glue panel (high level of natural stain). Edge-glued panels can be manufactured for a variety of end uses such as furniture and ...

By Ann Beebe [email protected] 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 ...

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.

Paper birch certainly lends itself to comparisons with paper; the bark is smooth and white and flammable. This whiteness, it turns out, is key to the ability of the birch to survive extreme cold.

Just like all plants, birch trees need to have specific conditions before they will flourish. This is the best type of soil to grow your birches in.

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

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.

The paper birch was used by First Nations as material for canoes, baskets and cradles. They also used it for wrapping and storing food. The wood was used for making small items such as bows and spoons ...

The two are oftentimes confused, but unlike the paper birch, the gray birch has a trunk that does not extensively shed or peel its bark. Rarely growing above forty feet tall, gray birch thrive in ...

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 71, No. 4, Dec., 1988 Ultrasonic Acoustical Emissions from Sapwood of Eastern White Pine, Northern Red Oak, Red Maple, and Paper Birch: Implications for Bark- and ...