Silver Birch

The silver birch tree grows in parts of South America, USA, Canada and the arctic. It can grow to a height of 30 m (70 ft). This birch has silver-white bark that slowly turns black at the base of the trunk in older plants. Its leaves turn a bright yellow in fall.

Birch trees produce close-grained wood of uniform texture that is used in furniture, flooring, and plywood. Birch beer, once popular, is derived from the sap. The bark of paper birch was used by Native Americans to build canoes. Silver Birch can be used for decoration. Members of the birch family reproduce by having the wind blow their seeds around.