Q: Our 12-year-old weeping birch tree appears to have died because all the leaves have turned brown. Do you think it is a goner or should we wait to see if it revives next year? What do you think ...

Bright and white against blue skies, paper birch trees (Betula papyrifera) liven up the winter landscape, especially when contrasted against green conifers, which have made them darlings of seasonal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is an abundance of green flakes coating the sidewalks and cars right now, and it seems hard to avoid the white cottony tufts ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Yellow Birch boasts distinctive features that facilitate its identification throughout its expansive range from Newfoundland to Georgia. A notable characteristic is the luminous quality of the bark on ...

Mark Hendricks, a professor of psychology and co-director of the animal behavior program at Towson University, is the author of “The Central Appalachians: Mountains of the Chesapeake.” Do you have a ...

The birch trees in this photo appear to have been infested with bronze birch borer, as indicated by the dead upper branches where larvae have disrupted the flow of water and nutrients.

A stand of trees fights for survival in a glass atrium within the New York Times Building. By Terence McGinley Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights ...

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Around 25% of hay fever sufferers in the UK are allergic to birch tree pollen. This means that for a good chunk of the population, the arrival of spring and summer means sneezing, itchy eyes, blocked ...

A 100-year-old oak tree struck by lightning was transformed into a sculpture by artist John Birch. Birch, a former prosthetic and computer technician, is a self-taught chainsaw sculptor with over 30 ...