Betula alleghaniensis, the yellow birch, [2] golden birch, [3] or swamp birch, [4] is a large tree and an important lumber species of birch native to northeastern North America.

Yellow birch, an Illinois native, has a silvery bronze bark that peels into small strips. Fall color is yellow. It is also known as Betula lutea. This species shows some resistance to bronze birch …

Yellow birch is the longest living native birch species, often reaching 150 years old, but can live to be 300 years old. In an open or urban setting trunks are often short and numerous forming a …

Yellow birch, species of ornamental and timber tree of the family Betulaceae, native to the northeastern part of North America. The hard, pale, red-brown wood is commonly sold with …

Dec 1, 1990 · Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) is the most valuable of the native birches. It is easily recognized by the yellowish-bronze exfoliating bark for which it is named. The inner bark …

Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) is a tree found extensively in New England, southern Canada, the upper Midwest, and Appalachia as a co-dominant tree in forests where Eastern …

Oct 11, 2023 · The Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis) is a storied tree with a rich history in North America. Its roots trace back to the continent’s native forests, where it thrived long …

Jul 29, 2025 · Yellow Birch is a long-lived and adaptable Wisconsin native tree. It has the classic, showy, exfoliating bark similar to that of other birches, although with a yellow-bronze hue. …

River Birch (B. nigra), which is only found in floodplain forests of the lower Mississippi, does have coarse, platy bark on its lower trunk like Yellow Birch, but its younger stems have have very …

Apr 1, 2019 · Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) is also known as gray birch, silver birch, and swamp birch; a medium to large deciduous tree that grows 60 to 80 feet (maximum 100 feet) …