The forests of the South Taconic Range, encompassing public access points in the Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York tri-state area, are a treasury of trees that encourage close observation.

The yellow birch (Betula alleghiensis) gets its name from its peeling bark that has a golden luster to it. It is the largest growing of the birch trees found in North America. Yellow birch does not ...

One summer, I took a nature drawing class, and we hiked up Vermont’s Stowe Pinnacle to sketch in the cool, mountain forest. I chose to draw a big yellow birch that had established itself on the steep ...

Allison Rian gently stuffs a sprouted acorn into a soil-filled plug in a plastic tray, then another. Soaking acorns fill the kitchen sink. Trays of them sprout off the living room. Jars of yellow ...

River birch is commonly sold as a landscape plant. I love the yellow birch (B. alleganiensis), which has a shiny bark first yellowish, then darkening as the trees get older, ending up with a grayish ...