Common Name: White Birch

Scientific Name: Betula Papyrifera 

Family: Betulaceae 

Fun Facts

• Native Americans use the tree to make canoes, buckets and baskets

• White Birch trees thrive in open lands, rocky slopes and in young forests

• the name comes from its distinctive white bark, which peels off in strips

• it is a short lived tree of about 60-70 years

• the branches are comminly browsed by snowshoe hares

• they are often planted as ornamental trees due to their attractive white bark