. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES PAPER OR WHITE BIRCH (Betula papyri/era Marsh.) IN Massachusetts the Paper Birch, so called because â of the use to which the early settlers put the bark, grows commonly in the middle and western parts of the State and is very infrequent in the eastern sections. Wherever found, its favorite home is the vicinity of streams and swamps and the damp, wooded WHITE OR PAPER BIRCH Leaves and fruit. One-third natural size. In habit it is a pyramidal tree of grac
. Brief instructions to Massachusetts Forest Wardens. Forests and forestry; Forestry law and legislation. MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES PAPER OR WHITE BIRCH (Betula papyri/era Marsh.) IN Massachusetts the Paper Birch, so called because â of the use to which the early settlers put the bark, grows commonly in the middle and western parts of the State and is very infrequent in the eastern sections. Wherever found, its favorite home is the vicinity of streams and swamps and the damp, wooded WHITE OR PAPER BIRCH Leaves and fruit. One-third natural size. In habit it is a pyramidal tree of graceful appearance, commonly attaining a height of about fifty feet and a diameter of one to two feet. The trunk is usually continuous, though it may sometimes divide, and the slender branches are horizontal or slightly pendulous. When old or crowded, the Paper Birch loses its lower branches and assumes a small, round head. The bark on the trunk is white and lustrous on the outer surface and orange on the inner. It separates freely into thin, papery scales. The leaves are simple, alter- white nate, egg-shaped, apex not long-pointed, ORBIp^5fR three to four inches long, doubly toothed and winter twig Jiii i e an<* buds. dark, lustreless green on the upper surtace. one-half The flowers are borne in catkins. The sterile catkins which appear in the fall are mostly in clusters of three. The wood is light, strong and hard. It is used for spools, shoe lasts, pegs, in the making of paper pulp and for fuel. 30. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts. State Forester; Rane, F. Wm. (Frank William), 1868-1933. Boston, Mass. : The Forester
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