yellow birch
noun
: a large birch (Betula alleghaniensis synonym B. lutea) of chiefly eastern North America with thin lustrous gray or yellow bark forming plates with ragged edges in older trees
also
: its strong hard dark brown to reddish-brown wood
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Bats can be personalized with custom laser engraving, and the company’s pro-model bats are made from hand split maple, ash and yellow birch.
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Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
Outside, a steely sky and yellow birch trees marked a new season.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
The terrain was becoming rockier now, with paper birch and spruce trees replacing the canopy of sugar maples and yellow birch.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak, sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce, white pine, and eastern hemlock – 32 varieties in all.
—Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
Plan a day hike in Shenandoah National Park or Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October to see some of the brightest crimson maples and yellow birch leaves out there.
—Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021
Unlike humans, most trees are long-life species, ranging from the yellow birch, which lives roughly 150 years, to the bristlecone pine, the oldest known of which is nearly 5,000 years old.
—Lauren Markham, Wired, 9 Oct. 2021
In the autumn, prepare yourself for a rainbow of fall delight as the surrounding sugar maple, white oak, tulip poplar and yellow birch trees show off their true colors.
—Kelly Sundstrom, ajc, 12 Sep. 2016
Linnea Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
Outside, a steely sky and yellow birch trees marked a new season.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
The terrain was becoming rockier now, with paper birch and spruce trees replacing the canopy of sugar maples and yellow birch.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
The result is a rare blend of hardwoods, such as red oak, sugar maple, and yellow birch, and coniferous species such as red spruce, white pine, and eastern hemlock – 32 varieties in all.
—Moira Donovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2022
The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
Plan a day hike in Shenandoah National Park or Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October to see some of the brightest crimson maples and yellow birch leaves out there.
—Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2021
Unlike humans, most trees are long-life species, ranging from the yellow birch, which lives roughly 150 years, to the bristlecone pine, the oldest known of which is nearly 5,000 years old.
—Lauren Markham, Wired, 9 Oct. 2021
In the autumn, prepare yourself for a rainbow of fall delight as the surrounding sugar maple, white oak, tulip poplar and yellow birch trees show off their true colors.
—Kelly Sundstrom, ajc, 12 Sep. 2016
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First Known Use
1774, in the meaning defined above
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