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 ...

On this edition of ID That Tree, meet a range restricted species that is best identified by its bronze to yellowish bark, which often peels off in small flakes. The yellow birch, which is typically ...

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 ...