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.

Wiigwaasabak: The Tree of Life Anishinaabe women share how the birch tree, its bark and the traditional crafts that come from this significant tree have transformed their lives.

, O. Nordell, H. Kauhanen, Nutrient Relations of Mountain Birch Growth at and Below the Elevational Tree-Line in Swedish Lapland, Functional Ecology, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1992), pp. 213-220 ...