Many ornamental trees are valued for their spring flowers or fall foliage, but they offer little aesthetic value during the winter. Not the river birch tree. The river birch’s beautiful bark ...

Birch trees are notable for their unique bark and ... It provides multi-season interest with summer flowers, textured bark, ...

birch trees this size are a rarity today. Furthermore, the tree must be straight, free of "eyes" and lichen growth that might cause the bark to tear under pressure, and must not bifurcate at its top.

Helen Peltier, who is Anishinaabe from Fort William First Nation, has reconnected to her culture and community through the humble birch bark tree. For Anishinaabe people, the birch tree is a ...