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Also called “sweet birch” or “cherry birch” because
oil of wintergreen (used to flavor medicines and candy), was
once produced from the bark of young trees. The trees can be
tapped much like sugar maples in the early spring and the fermented
sap is made into birch beer. Although more common in the mountains,
some black birch can be found growing in the woods near the
Schenley Park Golf Course.
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| Height: 50’-80’ with
a rounded crown of spreading branches. |
| Leaves: 2-1/2”-5” long,
1-1/2”-3” wide. Simple. Glossy dark green above,
paler beneath and hairy on the veins, turning golden yellow in
autumn. |
| Habitat: In
cool, moist uplands; found along with hardwoods and conifers,
from Maine to Alabama, west to Ohio. |
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