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Betula alleghaniensis, the yellow birch, [2] golden birch, [3] or swamp birch, [4] is a large tree and an important lumber species of birch native to northeastern North America. Its vernacular names refer to the golden color of the tree's bark. [5] In the past its scientific name was Betula lutea, the yellow birch.
The birch is New Hampshire's state tree and the national tree of Finland and Russia. The yellow birch is the official tree of the province of Quebec (Canada). The birch is a very important element in Russian culture and represents the grace, strength, tenderness and natural beauty of Russian women as well as the closeness to nature of the ...
Yellow birch and red maple (Acer rubrum) are found only in the south of the domain. In more marginal areas black spruce (Picea mariana), jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and tamarack (Larix laricina) often grow beside paper birch (Betula papyrifera) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). Spruce budworm is the main type of forest disturbance ...
Betula pubescens - White birch, European white birch or downy birch Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa - Arctic white birch; Pentaploid (5n = 70). Betula kenaica - Kenai birch; Hexaploid (6n = 84). Betula papyrifera - Paper birch, canoe birch or American white birch (sometimes tetraploid or pentaploid)
Bird's eye maple is most often found in Acer saccharum (sugar maple), but millers also find bird's eye figures in red maple, white ash, Cuban mahogany, American beech, black walnut, and yellow birch. Trees that grow in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States yield the greatest supply, along with some varieties in the Rocky Mountains.
Paper birch in Quebec. A birch dieback event occurred in the eastern United States and Canada between about 1930 and 1950. Species affected included yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), paper birch (Betula papyrifera) and gray birch (Betula populifolia) and several features were noted: the dieback was preceded by a reduction in growth rate, there was an east/west gradient, with eastern areas ...
Red Spruce, Balsam fir, Beech, Yellow birch, Sugar maple, Paper birch: New Hampshire: Hemenway State Forest [42] 135 acres (55 ha) [42] New England-Acadian forests: Eastern White Pine [42] New Hampshire: The Bowl Research Natural Area [41] 510 acres (210 ha) New England-Acadian forests: Red Spruce, Balsam fir, Beech, Yellow birch, Sugar maple ...
Betulaceae (birch family) Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch) Betula nigra (river birch) Betula papyrifera (paper birch) Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood) Ostrya virginiana (ironwood, hophornbeam) Fabaceae (pea family) Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree) Fagaceae (beech ...