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paper birch
(redirected from Betula papyrifera)

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paper birch: see birch birch, common name for some members of the Betulaceae, a family of deciduous trees or shrubs bearing male and female flowers on separate plants, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
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paper birch

Ornamental, shade, and timber tree (Betula papyrifera) of the birch family, native to northern and central North America. Also called canoe birch, silver birch, or white birch, it is one of the best-known birches. The smooth, varicolored or white bark of young trees peels horizontally in thin sheets, which once were used as writing surfaces as well as for roofing, canoes, and shoes. The water-impervious bark, which burns even when wet, is a boon to campers and hikers.
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floridana Florida chinkapin Castanea alnifolia grouped w/Allegheny chinkapin Northwestern paper Betula papyrifera grouped w/paper birch birch var.
Championing changes in the forest by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
neoalaskana, 2005 Gray, Betula populifolia, 72 69 54 155 2005 Mntn paper, Betula papyrifera 112 67 80 199 var.
From the big tree coordinator by American Forests
Species Common Name Scientific Name ALDER Seaside Alnus maritima (OK, MD, DE, GA) ANISE-TREE Yellow Illicium parviflorum * (FL) APPLE Sweet Crab Malus coronaria (NY, IN, MO, KS, TN, AL, GA, SC, NC) APRICOT Desert Prunus fremontii * (CA) ARAUCARIA Cunningham Araucaria cunninghamii (HI) BAYBERRY Evergreen Myrica heterophylla * (NJ, PA, DE) BIRCH Kenai Betula papyrifera var.
Empty thrones: somewhere out there royalty is just waiting to be ... by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
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