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 ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, meet River Birch. As its name implies, it is often found near waterways and in moist soil areas across the state of Indiana. It can be multi-stemmed, often in ...

But there's hope. This fast-growing shade tree can give you shade in just a few years: the river birch. River birch trees can reach between 40 and 70 feet tall and are commonly found growing in ...

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 ...

Yellow Birch boasts distinctive features that facilitate its identification throughout its expansive range from Newfoundland to Georgia. A notable characteristic is the luminous quality of the bark on ...

Long after most of the birch leave are gone, red oaks drop their leaves that blow around through November. Then the snow ...