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The
bark of this tree was used by native Americans to make canoes,
and is sometimes referred to as canoe birch. They stretched
its smooth, thin, papery bark over frames of northern white
cedar. It is often found in pure stands in the north. The wood
is used for a number of very small objects such as thread spools
and toothpicks.
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| Height: 50”-70” with
a narrow crown of horizontal or slightly drooping branches. |
| Leaves: 2”-4” long,
2/3s as wide. Simple, dark green above, pale yellow-green beneath. |
| Habitat: In
upland areas with moist soils from northeast Alaska to Labrador,
south to Colorado and Oregon in the West, to New
York and New England and south to North Carolina. The paper
birch grows better in Pittsburgh than the European white birch,
which tends to be attacked by insects. |
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