Identifying features: Beech trees (Fagus grandifolia) are deciduous hardwood trees that are typically 60 to 80 feet tall. Their alternate simple leaves have very small teeth on the leaf edges.

Wojtech said the paper birch's white bark may also be due to its chilly habitat: daytime warming by the sun followed by rapid cooling at night can injure trees, causing cracks and fissures.

Most everyone can identify white or paper birch (Betula papyrifera) by its white, peeling bark that is easily removed from a tree by enthusiastic Boy or Girl Scouts anxious to start campfires. I ...

LIFESTYLE Jane Milliman: Identifying trees in winter is tricky If there’s one thing I’m spectacularly bad at, it’s wintertime tree identification.

Few people can name the most common British trees, with a third unable to identify both the Horse Chestnut and Silver Birch, a survey has shown. 15 May 2009 • 7:00am ...

The birch borer is a small, bronze-colored beetle that attacks weakened or stressed birches from May to August. The insects are drawn to stressed trees by the release of a physiological signal.

Most everyone can identify white or paper birch ( Betula papyrifera) by its white, peeling bark that is easily removed from a tree by enthusiastic Boy or Girl Scouts anxious to start campfires fires.