Q. I have a clump birch that was planted in 1991. It has grown beautifully until this year. Long "seed worms" developed on two trunks, then shriveled up and now there are dead leaves on some of the ...

Even though I am sure I have seen these all my life, I don’t remember ever noticing the actual seeds of birch trees until relatively recently. This is one of those things that is so easy to overlook, ...

The forest along Lake Superior's North Shore has been drastically changed by humans over the past century. Now, people are making a growing effort to change it back. In a landscape that's become ...

Betula pubescens, commonly known as: downy birch, moor birch, white birch, European white birch or hairy birch. Seed germinated super fast that was nice. I never really know when to end these ...

Seaside alder is rare and worth protecting as it provides perfect foliage for nesting and makes a great garden addition due ...

Mid-winter is my favorite time to harvest birch for sweet-flavored food and warming beverages. Birch trees are easy to identify in winter thanks to their distinctive bark. The bark is an eye-catching ...

Question: Good afternoon, Carol. Here is a photo of some sort of fungi growing on one of our three mature birch trees in the front yard. I have not been able to identify it via the internet, so am ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...