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Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

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Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch, also known as golden birch), is a large and important lumber species of birch native to North-eastern North America. The name "yellow birch" reflects the color of the tree's bark.

Betula alleghaniensis is a medium-sized, typically single-stemmed, deciduous tree reaching 60–80 feet tall with a trunk typically 2–3 ft in diameter, making it the largest North American species of birch. The bark on mature trees is a shiny yellow-bronze which flakes and peels in fine horizontal strips. The bark often has small black marks and dark horizontal lenticels The twigs, when scraped, have a slight scent of wintergreen oil, though not as strongly so as the related sweet birch (B. lenta)

Yellow birch is long-lived, typically 150 years and some old growth forest specimens may last for 300 years. B. alleghaniensis is the provincial tree of Quebec, where it is commonly called merisier, a name which in France is used for the wild cherry.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Tom Norton, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), uploaded by Tom Norton
  2. (c) anónimo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/8778415
  3. (c) Douglas Goldman, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Douglas Goldman
  4. (c) anónimo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/8778416
  5. (c) anónimo, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/8778414
  6. Adaptado por Tom Pollard de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_alleghaniensis

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