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Definition of Mountain birch

1. Noun. Birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Birch

Literary usage of Mountain birch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"... in his mountain birch-tree, or his Easter-daisy among the Swiss farms. To decide where the gift for natural * Take the following attempt to render the ..."

2. The Rocky Mountain Wonderland by Enos Abijah Mills (1915)
"At timber-line, at the altitude of about eleven thousand five hundred feet, are Engelmann spruce, arctic willow, mountain birch, foxtail pine, and aspen. ..."

3. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"... and mountain-birch, white-birch, <fee , by shepherds and bushmen. It rarely exceeds from 40ft. to 50ft. in height, and when growing above 3000ft. is ..."

4. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"mountain birch is a slender, graceful tree or tall shrub, long known as Betula ... This discovery necessitated giving the mountain birch its present name, ..."

5. The Timbers of Commerce and Their Identification by Herbert Stone (1904)
"Sweet Birch, Yellow Birch in Prince Edward's Isle : Dwarf Birch in Nova Scotia : River Birch and mountain birch in Canada (12). ..."

6. Science Series by Colorado College (1907)
"ROCKY mountain birch. A large shrub or tree sometimes 30 ft. high growing in clumps. The bark is a smooth brown, marked with grayish transverse ..."

7. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"... in his mountain birch-tree, or his Easter-daisy among the Swiss farms. To decide where the gift for natural * Take the following attempt to render the ..."

8. The Rocky Mountain Wonderland by Enos Abijah Mills (1915)
"At timber-line, at the altitude of about eleven thousand five hundred feet, are Engelmann spruce, arctic willow, mountain birch, foxtail pine, and aspen. ..."

9. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"... and mountain-birch, white-birch, <fee , by shepherds and bushmen. It rarely exceeds from 40ft. to 50ft. in height, and when growing above 3000ft. is ..."

10. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"mountain birch is a slender, graceful tree or tall shrub, long known as Betula ... This discovery necessitated giving the mountain birch its present name, ..."

11. The Timbers of Commerce and Their Identification by Herbert Stone (1904)
"Sweet Birch, Yellow Birch in Prince Edward's Isle : Dwarf Birch in Nova Scotia : River Birch and mountain birch in Canada (12). ..."

12. Science Series by Colorado College (1907)
"ROCKY mountain birch. A large shrub or tree sometimes 30 ft. high growing in clumps. The bark is a smooth brown, marked with grayish transverse ..."

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