paper birch

American  

noun

1. a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, having a tough bark and yielding a valuable wood: the state tree of New Hampshire.

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Etymology

Origin of paper birch

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

Years later, Suzanne Simard, then an ecologist with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, demonstrated two-way carbon transfer in a forest between young Douglas fir and paper birch trees.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

A garden on the Rue Vivienne side has been planted with species reminiscent of the book: paper mulberry, paper birch, Chinese palm.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

What can gardeners do if their yards include the moth’s preferred foods — not just oak trees, but apples, willows, paper birch and all those Hamamelis cousins, among others?

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, just after the snow melts but before flowers start to bud, Pat Bruderer, 67, searches for paper birch trees.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2021

Frequently young forests of paper birch or quaking aspen have replaced the original forests in the clearings and burned areas along the lake borders.

From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by Dice, L. R.