The best river birch cultivars are the Heritage and Dura-Heat varieties. The Heritage or "Cully" cultivar was selected in 2002 as the tree of the year by the Society of Municipal Arborists.

The river birch tree supplies excellent summer shade, beautiful foliage spring through fall and a stunning winter display.

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.

Seedling river birch is common in the marketplace, and there are at least two superb cultivars available, Heritage and Dura Heat.

Native Plant: River birch is an interesting tree that boasts interesting bark that exfoliates to reveal a variety of colors.

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 ...

The benefits of trees are many—from lessening the impacts of climate change to increasing happiness.

Interior Alaska s hot and dry summer of 2013, coupled with an invasion of insect pests, has taken a steep toll on the region s birch trees, experts say.