Birch trees are easy to identify in winter thanks to their distinctive bark, and they offer a hot drink, aromatic flour and sweet syrup to cold weather foragers. Organic Gardening ...

In contrast, the highly reflective, light-colored bark of a paper birch doesn't absorb the sun's radiation and heat on cold winter days, and so avoids the damage caused by rapid heating and cooling.

Inspecting a birch tree before the leaves have fallen makes it easier to spot the dead branches to target when pruning birch ...

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 ...

With our often-dry winters or with the length of time between snow or rain events in the winter, it is really challenging here to keep birch trees healthy. Ask yourself if you are willing to irrigate ...

“For birch trees to get a good sap season, they need a freezing winter, so climate change is a big concern,” says Ervins. The trees become dormant in subzero temperatures, when the sugar used ...