River birch is a favorite ornamental yard tree in the southern United States. It's hardy, loves living near water, and can be often messy to maintain.

Learn about the four most common birch trees in North America and what to look for to identify them.

In this episode of Forage, chef Shawn Adler demonstrates how to properly tap a birch tree, sustainably harvest its sap and boil it all down to a rich, flavourful syrup.

Want to plant a tremendous tree? Look no further than the river birch, Betula nigra. Indigenous to the eastern United States, the river birch is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark.