It was a lot warmer than my last tree visit! The baby branches looked firmer, longer by about two inches, and had more fuzz. I looked up how long it takes for a yellow birch branch to grow – according to arborday.org, which is Arbor Day Foundation’s website, yellow birches grow at a medium to fast rate (13″ – more than 24″ inches per year), so the fact that the branch’s growth was visible makes sense. The number of stems increased. The fact that I am noticing more now may demonstrate the growth of the branch.
The amount of moss growing on the tree also increased as well. There was noticeably more moss growing. This growth took place at the bottom of the tree. According to PictureThis, the moss is called Schreber’s big red-stem moss and it is a species of Pleurozium.
The bark was flatter and less peely.
