paperbark birch


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Related to paperbark birch: river birch, Betula papyrifera
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Noun1.paperbark birch - small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoespaperbark birch - small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
American white birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch
Betula, genus Betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
birch tree, birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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They have interesting bark -- the yellow birch has a cherrylike bronze coloration and attractive peeling -- but none approaches the chalky beauty of the silver or paperbark birch.
Arboreal dreams of the snow-white birch trees of the north

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