Today I went deeper into Centennial woods looking at all the different tree species. I found a Paper Birch tree and decided to document it because it is one of the easiest trees for me to identify.
This tree happened to have some short branches low to the ground that I could see, but they didn’t have any signs of flowers or buds yet. I knew this was a paper birch tree because it had the distinctive white bark that it is known for. The bark was also peeling bark in layers that indicated it was a birch tree. This particular tree had many black spots on it as well. I knew it wasn’t a yellow or grey birch because of how bright white the color was and how big the pieces of bark that were peeling off of it were.
