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Birch (other)
Birch is the common name for trees of the genus ''Betula''. Birch or Birchs may also refer to: * BIRCH, a clustering algorithm * Birches (poem), "Birches" (poem), a poem by Robert Frost * Birch (surname) * ''The Birch'', an American undergraduate journal of Eastern European and Eurasian culture * "Birch", a song by Big Red Machine featuring Taylor Swift from the album ''How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?'' Places Australia * Birchs Inlet, Tasmania United Kingdom * Birch, Essex, England * Birch, Greater Manchester, England United States * Birch, Nevada, a ghost town * Birch, Wisconsin, a town * Birch, Ashland County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Birch Hill, Wisconsin, a census-designated place * Birch Township, Minnesota * Birch Tree, Missouri * Birch County, South Carolina, a proposed county Companies *Birch Communications, phone company in the US See also * Birching, a form of corporal punishment with a birch rod *Birch Brothers, a former bus and coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 to 60 known taxa of which 11 are on the IUCN 2011 Red List of Threatened Species. They are a typically rather short-lived pioneer species widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in northern areas of temperate climates and in boreal climates. Description Birch species are generally small to medium-sized trees or shrubs, mostly of northern temperate and boreal climates. The simple leaves are alternate, singly or doubly serrate, feather-veined, petiolate and stipulate. They often appear in pairs, but these pairs are really borne on spur-like, two-leaved, lateral branchlets. The fruit is a small samara, although the wings may be obscure in some species. They differ from the alders (''Alnus'', another genus in the family) in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
