People love their chalky white birch trees. Unfortunately, so does a tiny insect that causes big problems. Only a half-inch long as an adult, the bronze birch borer started establishing itself in the ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

I grew up with birch trees just outside the window. They jutted from the remains of a turn-of-the-century rockery, which separated the drive from the lawn. When we arrived in the 1970s, the garden had ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. River birch has been called "the most beautiful of American trees" by Prince ...

Paper birch, though, is so much more. According to the National Park Service, there is evidence of the trees being used by ...