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Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea, yellow birch
tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark
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American white birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
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American gray birch, American grey birch, Betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
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Betula pendula, European white birch, common birch, silver birch
European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
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Betula pubescens, downy birch, white birch
European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
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Betula nigra, black birch, red birch, river birch
birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
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Betula lenta, black birch, cherry birch, sweet birch
common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
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Betula neoalaskana, Yukon white birch
Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
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Betula fontinalis, Western birch, Western paper birch, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch
birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
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American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa, Newfoundland dwarf birch
small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
