DCHP-2

yellow birch DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

  • 1774  (1945)  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.