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Betula papyrifera (paper birch, [5] also known as (American) white birch [5] and canoe birch [5]) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America.Paper birch is named after the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper-like layers from the trunk.
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, [2] or East Asian white birch, [3] is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into Siberia, China, and southwest Asia in the mountains of ...
Betula cordifolia is a deciduous tree that reaches heights of about 60 feet or 25 m and a trunk diameter of about 30 inches or about 75 cm. [3] Mature bark is white or bronze-white, peeling in thin layers.
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula (/ ˈ b ɛ tj ʊ l ə /), [2] in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae.
Betula celtiberica - Iberian white birch; 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)
Despite this, the borers can still damage the trees if they are weakened by other means. Between about 1930 and 1950, many gray birch trees, along with paper birch and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), were weakened by birch dieback disease, which allowed for the bronze birch borer to attack and kill the trees. [11]
Betulaceae (birch family) Betula alnoides: alder-leaf birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula austrosinensis: South China birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula chinensis: Chinese dwarf birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula cordifolia: mountain paper birch; heartleaf birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula ermanii: Erman's birch Betulaceae ...
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m (70 ft) tall, with its trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark.