paper birch: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	silver birch • Betula papyrifera • white birch • canoe birch

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White-barked paper birch trees stand among colorful autumn foliage of sugar maples in a forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Grove of paper birch trees with white bark and yellow autumn leaves, with green foliage and undergrowth visible among the trunks.

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