Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Weeping White Paper Birch



This is a nifty tree.
I think it's a weeping white paper birch.

Check out that tree bark.



The leaves are just starting to turn.



Tree hugger, here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thakyou! I have owned a tree exactly like this since I moved into my house in 1993. When the SD DOT wanted to remove it as part of a rode widening project some years ago I managed to talk them out of it.

A day or two ago, a truck driver from Sioux Falls stopped to talk to me about a sale I was running and mentioned to me that this was a "paper white weeping birch" tree. He said my tree was very healthy and that there are none in Sioux Falls because they are susceptible to particular parasite.

I am putting this home on the market now and at least now I will be able to tell people what this tree is. My curiosity is satisfied.

Thanks.

Marlyn C. Stubbe
threshingmachine@yahoo.com
De Smet, SD 57231