{"id":58,"date":"2023-03-06T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/?p=58"},"modified":"2023-04-03T12:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:40:02","slug":"the-birch-tree-not-just-another-boring-plain-jane-tree-in-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/2023\/03\/06\/the-birch-tree-not-just-another-boring-plain-jane-tree-in-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birch Tree: Not Just Another Boring, Plain-Jane Tree in the Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paper Birch are a less common tree species in Centennial woods but I managed to find one in the southeastern area of the reservation. The bark of the birch was my first indicator that the tree was specifically a Paper Birch. The tree had peeling, stark white bark, and showed no signs of grayness or yellowing like other Birch species. I was able to confirm it was a Paper Birch by observing the twig of the tree. The twig had spur-like shoots with thin hairs and a slight reddish color. There was no wintergreen odor either. These traits distinguished it from a Gray or Yellow birch because these other species have minimal to no hair, gray or yellow-brown buds, and often have wintergreen odors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4786-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4786-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4786-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4786-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4786-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4788-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4788-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4788-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4788-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/IMG_4788-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-12.33.53-PM-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-12.33.53-PM-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-12.33.53-PM-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-12.33.53-PM-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-12.33.53-PM-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/files\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-03-at-12.33.53-PM-2048x1220.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paper Birch are a less common tree species in Centennial woods but I managed to find one in the southeastern area of the reservation. The bark of the birch was my first indicator that the tree was specifically a Paper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/2023\/03\/06\/the-birch-tree-not-just-another-boring-plain-jane-tree-in-the-forest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"znaley","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/author\/znaley\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/znaley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}