birch

Example Sentences

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Red brick buildings stand alongside towering maple, oak, birch and sycamore trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

In one jaw-dropping shot, a skinny plane flies on its side through a thick birch forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

It has been trying to restore the woodlands by introducing downy birch, sessile oak, hazel, willow, aspen and alder as well as endangered tree species such as Arran whitebeam.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

To do this, they’d cut a small chunk of the horsehoof mushroom that grows on dead birch trees, and set fire to it, then blown it out so that it was just shouldering.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver