Birch

Fall color

There are many birch species. Most turn yellow in fall and may glow quite brightly some years. Many provide attractive bark: paper birch (Betula papyrifera) haswhite bark, river birch (Betula nigra) has peeling cinnamon/salmon/cream bark on limbs/trunks less than 15 years old, cherry birch (Betula lenta) has burnished red-brown bark.

Here: fall color white birch (below) and river birch.

River birch (Betula nigra)