Even though I am sure I have seen these all my life, I don’t remember ever noticing the actual seeds of birch trees until relatively recently. This is one of those things that is so easy to overlook, ...

Q. I have a clump birch that was planted in 1991. It has grown beautifully until this year. Long "seed worms" developed on two trunks, then shriveled up and now there are dead leaves on some of the ...

Why, a friend asked, are there so many birch seeds on top of the snowpack in Fairbanks? A day later, the answer hit me in the head. As I walked through the forest, I looked up just in time to get ...

FAIRBANKS -- A rusty brown substance is covering snow melting in Fairbanks, and foresters say it's good news for people with allergies. The substance is a massive crop of birch seeds, produced by ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks area is experiencing its annual melt-off this month, but the typical sight of dirty snow has been accentuated with a distinctive shade of rusty brown. The culprit is a ...

While you’re able to cultivate and farm certain plants, Birch trees sadly aren’t one of them. Only Beech Trees are able to be planted and cultivated. Of course, there are Ancient Seeds, too, but those ...

For multiple seed collections of thinleaf alder (Alnus tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung [Betulacae]) and water birch (Betula occidentalis (Hook.) [Betulacae]), response to IDS (Incubation, Drying, and ...