Difference between revisions of "White Birch"

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Common Names: White Birch / Miateiri Fae (Waejir)
Classification: Tree
Description: Multi-trunk, randomly branching, medium height trees with a distinct white papery outer bark with black ticking. The leaves of this tree are spade shaped with serrated margins and yellow-green in colour, with veined undersides.

Rarity: Common
Distribution: sub-tropical through sub-arctic woodlands.
Life Cycle: White birch flowers annually in mid-spring forming 2-3 centimetre catkins of yellow flowers. These form and disperse windborne seeds before summer begins.

Cultivation

White birch is not cultivated domestically.

Culinary

The sap from the white birch is sugary and used in light syrups.

Medicinal

Antitussive - The inner bark of this tree finds some sue in treating mild coughs.

Other

Bark - Some peoples use strips of the bark material to produce woven baskets and other containers, which shed rain and can even carry water.
Wax - The inner bark of this tree is a modest source of a wax for waterproofing various goods.
Wood - The fine grained hardwood from white birch is used for some woodcrafting and as a fuel.

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 ;Cultivation:White birch is not cultivated domestically.
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+:*Antitussive - The inner bark of this tree finds some sue in treating mild coughs.
 ;Other
 :*Bark - Some peoples use strips of the bark material to produce woven baskets and other containers, which shed rain and can even carry water.