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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A common name for two [ | + | A common name for two [[birch]] trees, ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch) and ''Betula nigra'' (river birch), native to eastern North America. Black birch has a hard, dense wood with a straight, fine grain. It is used for cabinetry and flooring. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 8 January 2014
Description
A common name for two Birch trees, Betula lenta (sweet birch) and Betula nigra (river birch), native to eastern North America. Black birch has a hard, dense wood with a straight, fine grain. It is used for cabinetry and flooring.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Betula lenta; Betula nigra; bouleau noir (Fr.); sweet birch; cherry birch; river birch
Other Properties
Tree height= 20-25m Bark =smooth creamy color peeling in papery sheets
Additional Images
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Black birch Betula nigra
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 104
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Website address 1 Comment: Virginia Tech Dencrology website at www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm (accessed Oct. 3, 2005)
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Birch (Accessed Oct. 3, 2005)
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998