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White birch tree (Betula alba) with slender white trunks and sparse branches stands in a grassy field under a partly cloudy sky. paper birch sweet birch White-barked paper birch trees stand among colorful autumn foliage of sugar maples in a forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Ladakh, India: birch trees in the Himalayas Alaska: Boreal forest canker Figure 10: Air pollution injury to vegetation. Grove of paper birch trees with white bark and yellow autumn leaves, with green foliage and undergrowth visible among the trunks. river birch
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Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)
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Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)
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birch: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Managing aspen and birch forests. Oct 01, 2026
Add new Web site: BMC Genomics - Genome-wide identification of key genes related to chloride ion (Clβˆ’) channels and transporters in response to salt stress in birch. Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - Birch for winter interest. May 26, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change - Birch as a Model Species for the Acclimation and Adaptation of Northern Forest Ecosystem to Changing Environment. Apr 05, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Properties of Birch Bark-Derived Betulin: Recent Developments. Dec 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Purdue University Extension - Birch (PDF). Oct 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Maine.gov - Birches. Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Managing aspen and birch forests. Mar 12, 2024
Add new Web site: USDA Forest Service - How to Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree. Feb 01, 2024
Add new Web site: USDA Forest Service - How to Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Flora of North America - Betula. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Properties of Birch Bark-Derived Betulin: Recent Developments. Jul 21, 2023
Revised taxonomy and added cross-references throughout. Apr 09, 2021
Add new Web site: WebMD - Birch - Uses, Side Effects, and More. May 28, 2019
Add new Web site: USDA Forest Service - How to Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree. Oct 08, 2018
Add new Web site: The Spruce - Meet 12 Species and Cultivars of Birch Trees. Oct 01, 2018
Add new Web site: Botany.com - Betula - Birch. Sep 13, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Birch Tree. Oct 14, 2011
Add new Web site: Healthline - Birch Tree. Oct 14, 2011
Add new Web site: Botanical.com - Common Birch. Oct 14, 2011
Add new Web site: Illinois Wildflowers - Yellow Birch. Oct 14, 2011
Media added. Nov 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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