Re: weekly vocab
| From: | Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 5, 2002, 3:52 |
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Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
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> The birch grows mainly in northern/temperate to cold climates like
> northern US, Scandanavia, Russia ...
> It is mainly characterized by its white bark, ...
Well, white birch is, but there are many different kinds of birch. My
guide to U.S. trees lists paper birch, gray birch, white birch, yellow
birch, river birch, and sweet birch. Several of these have alternate names.
Gray birch is the most common around where I live (in Connecticut).
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