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Definition of Paper birch
1. Noun. Small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes.
Group relationships: Betula, Genus Betula
Generic synonyms: Birch, Birch Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paper Birch
Literary usage of Paper birch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The paper birch (B. papyrifera) is another American species which also attains
... Of Himalayan species may be mentioned B. utilis, the Indian paper birch. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... is used by Indians and backwoodsmen in the same way as the bark of Б. alba is
used in Northern Europe Concerning the canoe or paper birch (B. papyracea) ..."
3. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The paper birch is a native of North America, and was introduced into ...
In Canada specimens of the paper birch not unfrequently grow from 90 to 100 ft. in ..."
4. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Black spruce, paper birch, balsam poplar, and aspen may ... paper birch forests
are common on moderately well to well drained upland sites. ..."
5. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The twigs of the Gray Birch are also rougher than the paper birch , and Ita leaves
are long- acuminate, while those of the paper birch are ovate. ..."
6. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"The bark of the paper birch is much sought after by visitors in the woods for
... COMPARISONS—The paper birch, as known to woodsmen, is distinguished by its ..."
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