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| Botanical Name: |
Betula alleghaniensis |
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| Other Common Names: |
American birch, Birch, Gray birch, Silver birch, Swamp birch, Yellow birch |
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| Common Uses: |
Bobbins, Boxes and crates, Building materials, Butcher blocks, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Cooperages, Cutting surfaces, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Drum sticks, Figured veneer, Fine furniture, Fixtures, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hardwood distillation, Hatracks, Interior construction, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Marquetry, Musical instruments , Office furniture, Organ pipes, Packing cases, Paneling , Parquet flooring, Piano keys, Pianos , Plywood, Radio, stereo, TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Shuttles, Sills, Sounding boards, Specialty items, Spools, Stools, Sub-flooring, Tables , Textile equipment, Turnery, Utility furniture, Veneer, Violin bows, Violin, Wainscotting, Wardrobes, Xylophones |
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| Country: |
Canada, United States |
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| Distribution: |
Yellow birch is reported to occur in Lebanon, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec in Canada. Its growth range in the United States is reported to be Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Delaware, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tennessee Valley, Illinois, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. The tree is usually found growing with other hardwoods and conifers in cool moist upland soils, including mountain ravines. Birch is also reported to grow in Northern Europe and Northern Asia. The tree is described as very hardy and can even survive at the polar regions. Some dwarf races of Birch are reported to survive in the Arctic tundra, on the perma-frost soils that are usually frozen over during most of the year. |
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