yellow birch

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of birch, Betula lutea, found in central and eastern Canada; also, the hard wood of this tree.

Quotations

1774

This town at the foot . . . affords great store of fine timber . . . birch, white, yellow, and black. . . .

1821

The wood to be of sound and merchantiable quality, consisting of black or yellow Birch, Maple, or White Beech.

1956

Yellow birch takes its name from its yellowish bark.

1963

Since the Crees . . . had no white ash . . . they used the more brittle yellow birch.