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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) Buncombe Co. NC 7/8/2006 Common in the NC mountains. Scratching the stem of twigs yields a strong and pleasant wintergreen aroma. |
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) Buncombe Co. NC 5/13/2006 |
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) Watauga Co. NC 7/23/2006 The female flowers (upper structures) develop the fruits, while the old male flowers dangle. |
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) Buncombe Co. NC 7/8/2006 Yellow Birch has distinctively appealing bark. |
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) Buncombe Co., NC 4/29/2006 |
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Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) Quebec, Canada 5 Aug 2005 Not found in NC, Paper Birch is an icon of the Northern Woods, growing in Canada and some of the northern bordering US states. The distinctive bark peels off in large sheets and has been used as a medium for writings and drawings. |
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Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) Quebec, Canada 5 Aug 2005 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... July 16, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu