Do you know how to tell the difference between a birch and a cherry tree? You might be barking up the wrong tree if you don’t know about lenticels. I have been ...

A beaver damaged a recently planted birch sapling at Hains Point but steered clear of Washington's celebrated cherry trees, which the rodents have famously nibbled on in the past, the National Park ...

Just like every individual is unique, so are trees. No two trees grow at the same rate, have the same leaf pattern, or have identical bark. However, each tree species has specific characteristics that ...

When it comes to spring beauty in the tree world, the showy explosions of crabapple, apple, plum and cherry tree blossoms get all the attention. But when you slow down to look closely, you’ll discover ...

FOUND IN THE MOUNTAINOUS regions of the Mid-Atlantic states and broadly across the Northeast and New England, sweet birch (Betula lenta) grows to about 60 feet in height, with a single straight trunk ...