Books come from trees. Whether it’s the blank sheet a writer begins with or the printed page readers ultimately encounter, we imprint our words on wood pulp made from pine, spruce, birch, poplar ...

Within the book’s pages, a variety of another species named the whitebarked Himalayan birch looks as if it has been formed of alabaster. But I am taunting you, for to grow them in a hot, humid ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jonathan C. Slaght FINDING THE MOTHER TREE Discovering Wisdom in the Forest By Suzanne Simard ...

A professor of forest and conservation sciences at the University of British Columbia and a science communicator, Simard has given a Ted Talk and has a book, “Finding the Mother Tree,” coming ...

Got a birch tree that doesn’t look too healthy after our long, dry summer? You aren’t alone. Both European white birch and river birch are popular landscape trees in the Inland Northwest.

Q. I have a clump birch that was planted in 1991. It has grown beautifully until this year. Long "seed worms" developed on two trunks, then shriveled up and now there are dead leaves on some of ...

River birch is a favorite ornamental yard tree in the southern United States. It's hardy, loves living near water, and can be often messy to maintain.

There are 130 birch trees in the one-third acre study plot, part of the OneTree Alaska project that Dawe oversees. Researchers are using the trees to see how a longer growing season is affecting ...

On May 13, 1923, Mother’s Day, a white birch tree was planted in honor of mothers on the shore of Antietam Lake. About 1,000 people showed up for the event, considered the first of its kind i… ...

IN Epping Forest, and in other districts around London, birch trees have been attacked during the late summer by a disease which causes them to die very rapidly. In a portion of the Forest known ...

New research reveals older trees use bioelectrical signals to warn forest of solar eclipses, showing advanced tree communication and adaptation.

Certainly, some birch trees fall down when they die, but most just stand in the forest year after year. That’s good. Birch snags become homes for birds, animals and insects.