The river birch tree (Betula nigra) is a shade tree with a quick growing rate of 1 ½ to 2 feet per year and native to the Mississippi River. When sold as a landscape plant, it is commonly seen as a ...

In regards to its ecological importance, yellow birch trees are extremely important for various types of wildlife, providing food for animals like White-tailed deer, Moose, Eastern Cottontail, ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

Planting an oak tree, if you have the room, provides acorns and leaves that feed and provide cover for millions of organisms and species while also sequestering carbon.

Pennsylvania's favorite soda, birch beer, has a love-it-or-hate-it reputation due to its potent and distinct taste. But is it ...

When you look at the four seasons we go through in a year, it comes to our attention that the trees and bushes only have ...

When choosing trees to plant in the backyard, it’s essential to select shade ... with sizeable oak, beech and birch trees considered some of the best trees for shade, prized for protecting perennials ...

Birch (betula): The contrasting white paper mark birch juxtaposed ... to adapt well to conditions which makes this plant a highly sought after “street tree.” 5. Flowering crabapple (malus): The ...

That’s the number of trees Gjoa Taylor and partner John Bilodeau have planted at their Naramata Bench ‘Gjoa’s Vineyard’ ...

Jackie Bantle You may have noticed some distinctive webs in your trees during the last couple of fall seasons. I first ...

Grade 5 students from Eamer’s Corners Public School planted 50 native trees and shrubs at the Gambhir Memorial Urban Forest, ...

Visit a birch grove under the full moon and learn about these trees Thursday on the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ north campus. The event, sponsored by OneTree Alaska, will run from 5:30-9 p.m ...