yellow birch
noun
: a large birch (Betula alleghaniensis synonym B. lutea) of chiefly eastern North America with thin lustrous gray or yellow bark forming plates with ragged edges in older trees
also
: its strong hard dark brown to reddish-brown wood
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The trees at higher elevations — including yellow birch and mountain maple — will begin to change as early as mid-September, but the most impressive display comes when the sugar maple, scarlet oak, and hickories, among other tree types, hit peak transformation in October.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
The council’s first purchase was Cowles Bog—a rare glacial wetland filled with beavers, red maples and yellow birches; a muck of swamp water and marsh plants; blackberries; and, eventually, reintroduced purple orchids—acquired in 1953 for $1,730 (around $20,000 today).
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
Bats can be personalized with custom laser engraving, and the company’s pro-model bats are made from hand split maple, ash and yellow birch.
—Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
Outside, a steely sky and yellow birch trees marked a new season.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
The terrain was becoming rockier now, with paper birch and spruce trees replacing the canopy of sugar maples and yellow birch.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak, sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce, white pine, and eastern hemlock – 32 varieties in all.
—Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
Plan a day hike in Shenandoah National Park or Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October to see some of the brightest crimson maples and yellow birch leaves out there.
—Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
The council’s first purchase was Cowles Bog—a rare glacial wetland filled with beavers, red maples and yellow birches; a muck of swamp water and marsh plants; blackberries; and, eventually, reintroduced purple orchids—acquired in 1953 for $1,730 (around $20,000 today).
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
Bats can be personalized with custom laser engraving, and the company’s pro-model bats are made from hand split maple, ash and yellow birch.
—Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
Outside, a steely sky and yellow birch trees marked a new season.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
The terrain was becoming rockier now, with paper birch and spruce trees replacing the canopy of sugar maples and yellow birch.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak, sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce, white pine, and eastern hemlock – 32 varieties in all.
—Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
Plan a day hike in Shenandoah National Park or Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October to see some of the brightest crimson maples and yellow birch leaves out there.
—Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021
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“Yellow birch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20birch. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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