BIRCH - 5 Things you Didn't Know About this Amazing Tree

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My kids play Minecraft and get to see a lot of birch trees. But, I wanted them to know birch trees in real life - because they're even cooler than what you can do with them in the game! Maybe you'll think so too after watching this short.
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@Ermain1 2 года назад

Here's a birch-related bushcraft trick from Siberia - you can extract tar from birch bark (the same way you extract it from any other bark via pyrolisys) and use it a natural mosquito repellant. Mix it up with some cheap skin moisturizing cream and it works like a charm. Gives some tan though so beware. Siberian natives use it all the time

@turtlewolfpack6061 2 года назад

The oil was also reduced by the Roman's to a tar and used as a glue to hold the horse hair in their helmets and the oil was also used in some areas to assist in the tanning of leather.

@basured9795 2 года назад

How cool 😎! Thanks for sharing That! 💥 Siberians, Romans... The Stuff we learn on RU-vid 🤗. I love 💕 this place!

@NickOvchinnikov 2 года назад

Spasiva, from Alaska

@estebancorral5151 Год назад

@@turtlewolfpack6061 and also on the tips of their arrows which set on fire. When tips impacted on roofs, microscopic splashes of molten metal would disperse the the fire all the more. The Romans 42 were geniuses of construction but evil geniuses of destruction. I leave you with the immortal words of Cassius Dio, “He brings forth destruction and calls it peace.”

@estebancorral5151 Год назад

We know!!! We also know that Catherine the Great a former educated German prinecess expanded her empire on trade with the West on fir, lumber, and tree resins. However, it was the Dutch who got the better part of the deal because they got lumber on the cheap and built windmills and cargo ships.

@danamiller9080 2 года назад

I like the mint flavor from the black birch ...when I'm hiking i eat the leaves on the birch trees and beech trees...and ferns too... yes the birch sap is an antiseptic...also the juice from the cat tail...brown dried top of cat tail is good for fire starter... Lower horizontal roots are good source of carbohydrates... Lots of nut bearing trees for protein...

@brianrajala7671 2 года назад

Yellow Birch, useful for Veneer making and high grade furniture.

@ayoutubechannel8228 2 года назад

How cute the whole family contributes to the channel. The only thing missing is a cat. It would make your videos 10% better.

@yooperguy8585 2 года назад

No mention of Chaga?! The most beneficial, Medicinal mushroom the Birch has to offer! Amazing antioxidant and Tumor fighting abilities. One that also know to treat, and yes even cure a few types of cancers. Also failed to mention how Birches are also used to make syrup, and a refreshing energy drink from taping these amazing trees in the early spring.

@nononsenseBennett 2 года назад

Hope I don't have to become a survivalist but this info is good to know.

@patriciacole8773 2 года назад

Will you explain the differences between birch and quaking aspen?

@MHarenArt 2 года назад

I wonder if home schoolers take advantage of these great educational videos and can they get credit for watching them

@HannahRoot55 Год назад

Hello Maggie, I really like your profile Pics, and if you let me, I would make such an amazing mural out of it! 😎

@errollgibbons4305 2 года назад

Thank you

@frontyardfirewood Год назад

Birch makes good wood for smoking fish also

@IAMFOURFITHS 2 года назад

Tree

@stevezielonko1386 2 года назад

I thought aspirin was from willow trees?? Are they related

@nygreenguy 3 года назад

Neat video! Didn't see it mentioned but if you peel birch bark, do not go all around the tree as that can girdle it. It pulls off its vascular tissue so it wont be able to move its sugars from the leaves to the roots! (I am one of those people who teach trees!)

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

Great point! Yes!

@TheWestlandgirl 2 года назад

Good to know!

@casimerbrylski1900 2 года назад

WOW... NEVER KNEW... THANKS

@raybassman7536 2 года назад

Thanks for that important info. I use peises of birch bark for a fire starter

@bushcraft_in_the_north 2 года назад

They do survive just fine. And that is a fact!

@ViiSioNN 2 года назад

in Latvia we do this yearly thing with birch trees, where after winter we drill a hole inin tree put a wooden pipe in it and collect the birch tree water, super tasty and healty

@doloresreynolds8145 2 года назад

Yes, if boiled down you can make birch syrup. Like maple syrup, but birchier.

@marcovtjev 2 года назад

In the thirties, birch water was also used by hairdressers. Afaik mostly for its smell and hair-softening features.

@MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV 2 года назад

Yes indeed we do so in Estonia as well. Seems like a multiple regional thing.

@kingspeechless1607 2 года назад

I read years ago that some Russian birch forests were decimated by people drawing off too much sap to ferment for alcohol. Birch sap wine was a traditional home made wine in parts of the UK as well

@gotsteem 2 года назад

@@kingspeechless1607 What a shame, in a country known for it's vodka..

@b42indep43 2 года назад

One should leave the bark on the Birch trees. Removing it removes the natural protection from insects. Please pick your birch bark from dead fallen trees and limbs.

@Tsuchimursu 2 года назад

If you're just picking the loose thin flaky stuff without a knife, there's no harm done. They come off in the wind as the tree grows.

@needledodger6270 2 года назад

I planted a reject paper birch baby from a nursery about 10 years ago and now she’s over 20 feet tall. Birch is the classiest tree in the forest…any forest.

@michaelbailey528 2 года назад

++1?

@pheresy1367 2 года назад

Funny how they can get rejected like that and then resurrect from the dead. In the 60s, my dad planted a birch on our front lawn (in Long Island).... It didn't grow. He went back to the nursery believing he was sold a dead tree. They asked to wait a while before making good on the purchase. Months later they provided a replacement for that "dead tree". The new one shot right up. But then the "dead one" also rallied. They stood like two white towers in front of our house. They got HUGE and lived for about 40 years.

@gotsteem 2 года назад

@@pheresy1367 Cool story, Thanks!

@mrgrumpy5116 2 года назад

I had a group of three at the end of my house the tallest was 25 metres, I eventually had to fell them because of where they were. I wasn't happy to see them go.

@msgottaneedtoknow 2 года назад

@@pheresy1367 It’s a shame, they aren’t a very long lived tree. They are also subject to getting a certain disease that is taking a lot of them out. Sad, we live where allot of the birch on our property seem to be being affected.

@codychickadee5095 2 года назад

You can make syrup from Birch sap. It's similar to maple syrup. You can also drink that sap if you're in need of clean water. The forest will save you.

@kingspeechless1607 2 года назад

It was traditionally fermented for home made wine as well.

@scottandytaylor3774 2 года назад

Birch sap is delicious and can b made into A syrup. It is nothing like maple syrup but tastes fruity almost like raisins. I have made Birch syrup and love it!

@scottandytaylor3774 2 года назад

PS the sap contains 3 different types of sugar so making it is much more difficult than maple due to the fact that the 3rd sugar burns at a lower temperature than the other 2.

@2Sugarbears Год назад

And drink it raw as a spring tonic.

@eriksanderson3695 2 года назад

One of the most important survival tips is the use of birch logs to make outdoor fires when it's raining and no other wood will burn. Even dead birch that has been lying on the ground and and partially rotted will burn in wet conditions. Very important to know if fire is needed for survival.

@charlesbauer7493 2 года назад

Nope

@charlesbauer7493 2 года назад

Bark burns but rotten wood no.

@themergen1 2 года назад

Birch wood is extremely fragile. A birch tree can be knocked down with one hand. The bark burns slow. Put in the middle of the wood in your wood stove, and light it, it will get the other wood burning.

@donnievance1942 2 года назад

@@themergen1 Birch wood is not at all fragile, and you cannot knock birch trees down at all by human power, unless the tree is dead and rotten. I don't know why some one would post such blatant nonsense. Sanderson, above, is also posting nonsense about rotting birch wood being flammable. This would only be true if the wood was extremely dry. In general, a rotten birch log would be about the most unburnable thing you could find. The bark, however, will burn in wet weather. It is saturated with a resin which is very flammable and makes it waterproof, unless the bark is very old and has become rotten itself.

@themergen1 2 года назад

@@donnievance1942 You did not read what I typed. Read more than 2 words next time.

@adamstainker5411 2 года назад

I am a tree trimmer in Minnesota and almost every other tree trimmer and or non tree trimmer I meet doesn't know a tree from a bush from a flower from their elbow and it bothers me as well I wish there were more videos like this explaining things about tree biology!

@UntamedScience 2 года назад

Thanks Adam! That's the goal so obviously I appreciate that comment!

@jamootoo5200 2 года назад

😆 so sad.... may just have something to do w the fact that the most recent generations of kids never really go outside to play & explore, like my generation (+ those before) - who were pushed out the door every weekend morning to 'go play', so our parents could actually get us out of their hair - usually for the entire day...

@TomDoesUtube 2 года назад

@@jamootoo5200 on a nature walk with kids from the city .. i pointed out some edible plants .. they cringed saying “we’re not eating that it’s growing in the dirt” they think food comes from styrofoam trays rapped in plastic .. too sad

@DrErnst 2 года назад

From a Scandinavian perspective a lot of Americans are out of touch with nature it is sad.. even city-dwellers in Sweden loves nature and 40% own summer homes out in nature.. we take walks in nature almost every day and a lot of Swedes learns from their parents about nature, and also in schools.. Btw Do you know any Swedish as you are from Minnesota? Testing your Swedish skills: Hej, hur mår du? Är allt bra med din familj? Vilket vackert väder vi har fått på ground av global uppvärmning!? Kan jag bjuda på lite kaffe och köttbullar och kakor med lite brunsås till!?

@gaywizard2000 2 года назад

Never met an arborist I liked!

@xaqn- 3 года назад

Every 9 year old on this video: “Aren’t those the Minecraft trees?”

@wallacerandall4058 3 года назад

instablaster...

@ChuckHaney 2 года назад

The most hated of Minecraft wood types.

@bambamwigolo 2 года назад

I grew up in rural Alabama learning carpentry and cabinetry from my grandfather and uncles. We have Birch trees here too. Birch is one of the best woods to use for making cabinets and if you boil the bark it makes a good yellow dye for fabrics

@chris-2496 2 года назад

It's a semihardwood also good for tool handles (e.g. shovels), finns carve kuksa cups from birch. And of course great for plywood production (Baltic birch plywood comes mostly from my country).

@kathrynkazoo 2 года назад

No. Stop using the bark.

@lizzymoore54 3 года назад

Xylitol is a carbohydrate found in the birch tree and several kinds of fruit. It has a chemical structure that looks like a cross between a sugar and an alcohol, but it is neither. ( copied ). The tree is also “ tapped “ for it’s watery sap in Appalachia as a drink but not like tapping maple trees for our classic maple syrup. Enjoyed the family fun and learning about the birch tree. We have a Paper Birch in our backyard and I decoupage boxes with it as well using it for other decorative uses. Just subscribed! ☺️

@wonderwinder1 2 года назад

The Icelandic word for birch is Björk.

@wallen4857 2 года назад

Hey, you did not mention that the Birch Tree grows Chaga; a fungus that grows on a live birch tree and is one of the best medicinal fungus in the forest. Also, the Horse Huff mushroom your wife pulled off the birch is great for packing a wounds (antiseptic) if you get injured in the forest and it makes a great tea to drink for your health. Also, there is another mushroom that grows on dead birch and it is called Birch Bracket, it pops out from beneath the bark and looks like a white bubble, later it blooms into a white flat shape mushroom with is also great as a medicinal/tea for your health.

@asimhusain8087 2 года назад

You can make a syrup using it's sap like maple

@DNSMLT 2 года назад

@@asimhusain8087 Yes. Birch beer and soda.

@jacquelynejohnson9127 2 года назад

You seem very knowledgeable, were did get your information can you recommend books

@asimhusain8087 2 года назад

@@jacquelynejohnson9127 yes Steve brill Dr John kallas eull gibbons wrote books on foraging also sandy runyon is an author from the Adirondacks if you watch leds Stroud wild harvest on the create channel you can knowledge

@jacquelynejohnson9127 2 года назад

@@asimhusain8087 I have two books by gibbons , he was popular in the 60s , with a commercial we he quoted " yes many parts of a pine tree are edible" for some product of something after this claim

@starduster6687 2 года назад

I made many baskets from Paper birch,.Fall and early spring leaves are tasty. I tapped black birch for birch beer, used the white paper for writing, and fresh inside bark for tooling pictures like on leather. Most interesting was when making minature canoes. syrup can be made tapping white birch but it takes twice as much and as long to make it like maple syrup. My grandpa built a log cabin with hand peeled birch logs back in 1928 carried out of the forest by mules across the froen lake,and I spent the best 60 summers of my life there.

@alexandercove1194 2 года назад

Donna ..please write about your year's there...maybe a book

@msgottaneedtoknow 2 года назад

That sounds amazing! Who wouldn’t love that!

@asimhusain8087 2 года назад

@@alexandercove1194 I would also enjoy a book on that

@APWoodworking 2 года назад

Awesome story!

@JordanDeanFilms 3 года назад

Great video! I have a silver birch in my yard. Never thought to taste it. Will have to give it a try. Enjoyed listening to you on the wildlife filmmaking podcast the other day too!

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

Small note - only certain birches have methyl salicylate (Known as the Wintergreen oil birches). Those are Sweet birch, yellow birch, south China Birch, Caucasian birch, hazel-leaf birch and Japanese cherry birch. The silver birch is actually not one, but you can still make stuff from the sap!

@emanonymous 2 года назад

i made my bass guitar pick out of birch and i love it. i've never had a birch pick break and it sounds great in the mix. also who doesn't love chaga tea? birch is amazing

@charlesdraghi2673 2 года назад

The cambium layer of bark is edible (raw, or cooked,) and can be dried & ground into a very nutritious flour. The sap can be consumed, or reduced over heat into a syrup. The Adirondack (“Tree Eaters”) Native American tribe lived largely off of consuming various parts of trees, like birches, beeches, and conifers. So, if your plane goes down in a remote part of mountain country, you don’t need to draw straws…

@2Sugarbears Год назад

You do have to remove it carefully so you don't kill the tree.

@777PLove 2 года назад

Love the tree they also are the tree you can find CHAGA on which is the king of medical mushroom also a good fire starter looks like black bark burl

@msgottaneedtoknow 2 года назад

Chaga apparently does grow on other kinds of trees but it’s only supposed to be consumed if it’s taken from the Birch.

@pughoneycutt1986 2 года назад

As a child growing up in N.C. I knew a lot of old people who had never owned a toothbrush in their lives. They had always used a birch twig. Had better teeth than the ones that used a toothbrush

@kathrynkazoo 2 года назад

Xylitol stops decay

@2Sugarbears Год назад

In Jane Austin they used birch twigs.

@nicolecatlin1942 2 года назад

the best way to teach somebody the different types of trees as not only by showing them the bark of the tree how tall the trees can get but also and most importantly the shape of the leaves and the color of the leaves front and back pointing out any specific and identifying marks along the outer edges of the leaves. That's really the best way to teach people.

@WouterWeggelaar 3 года назад

Using birch bark for starting fires is one of the first things I learned about trees when I was a boy! Rob, I absolutely love this format. Keep going!

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

Thank you Wouter! I really appreciate that comment.

@superwildside4585 2 года назад

"Book" is from the german "Buch" which means " Book" because of paper birch.

@antbonyziemiak208 2 года назад

There's a movie called 'the Way back' . At the start of WW2 the Russians ship a Polish prisoner to a gulag in Siberia. Our hero named Janusz, organizes an escape. He chooses the time to escape during a snowstorm. While escaping his compatriots are complaining that the snowstorm is blinding them. Our hero , who spent most of his life in the forests, uses a knife to peel off the bark of a FALLEN Birch tree to make masks so they can continue their escape. It's based on a book called 'The Long Walk', where a group of Polish prisoners escaped and walked 4000 miles to India and freedom.

@ouagadougou62 2 года назад

Yellow birch is the provincial tree of Quebec. We used it to get water in spring, it's not sweet but is good to wash dishes. I don't know if it's poisonous but the bark smells like comfrey. (wouldn't you know it, there is a suggested video of how to tap birch sap) Surprised to see the Jonas in this video. I use some of his videos for my uni classes in Japan.

@mcbusinessmonkey 2 года назад

I live in Japan and have tapped birch for water. It's sweet when tapped in the early spring, but it didn't suit my system. It made me feel edgy, like a had an allergic reaction.

@Kenzofeis 2 года назад

I just wanted to add something, earlier they would strip bark from the stems by making a vertical incision of perhaps 30cm and loosen one end then rip it off, these sheets could be used under grassy roofs (torvtak) - baskets and bowls could be made from it. Firewood from birch burns good but has less calories than hardwood, if some bark is taken from the wood before drying it, you have a storage of fantastic kindling. The swede did not mention the mountain birch, small and crooked, the gnarled and dense wood has been much used for knifehandles and such

@jamootoo5200 2 года назад

calories???

@curtwuollet2912 2 года назад

@@jamootoo5200 calories are a measure of heat. Food calories are determined by the heat released by burning the food.

@msgottaneedtoknow 2 года назад

Yeah, I’m in northern Minnesota and we heat our home with wood. It’s a good burner but it doesn’t give off as much heat. It’s best to burn it along with other hard woods. You’d think a burning log would burn the same as any other, but that’s not how it works.

@curtwuollet2912 2 года назад

@@msgottaneedtoknow it's also fussy to get. You have to cut it live and split it right away or it rots. Any you find down is punk cause it won't dry unless the bark is popped.

@Kenzofeis 2 года назад

@@msgottaneedtoknow Higher density is more calories, and some wood is "fatter", Birch is a little like chicken breast ^^

@parkpatt 2 года назад

Great video, but a bit of a missed opportunity to discuss the importance and utility of the birch for the Anishinaabe people. They imagined so many brilliant ways to use this wonderful tree.

@KapteinFruit 3 года назад

This video hit home for me as a Norwegian. With the Birch facts, the snow and snowballs, making fires. Reminded me of my childhood. :)

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

The scenery at that time couldn't have been more epic. ;) Thanks for the nice note! - R

@Petescag 2 года назад

Birch sap drink. Very popular in Eastern Europe. We just had some that we bought at our local Ukrainian butcher shop in NYC.

@saddleweary9709 2 года назад

Before electricity, in N.C. they would put out the fire on the bark to make it smoke ( great scent ) and walk threw the house to get rid of mosquitoes ( skeeters :D )

@karinanalbandyan3009 3 года назад

I was born and raised in Russia. Birch tree was one of the most widespread trees across Central Russia. They are considered the national symbol of Russia. I believe Birch trees are also part of Russian folklore and mythology.

@Will324 2 года назад

Beautiful. And you are too.

@bokhans 2 года назад

Wasn’t the USSR foreign currency shops called “the little birch tree” ?

@lorrenaelliott161 Год назад

I lived in Saint Petersburg for 2 years and fell in love with this tree…. Never knew wintergreen and chaga are from them

@2Sugarbears Год назад

And northern Canada.

@NOLAMarathon2010 3 года назад

I love the Haley-StoneAgeMan connection. The children are adorable, too.

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

:) Totally agree Tom. ;)

@HaleyChamberlain 3 года назад

Thanks Tom. Whoop! The whole thing is basically what we do as a family and it's fun to get this stuff out each week!

@vowhe 3 года назад

Cute

@duudsuufd 2 года назад

Tip if you, being a biologist, want to educate more people: put the scientific name of the species on your video or in the descriptions below it. So the rest of the world will know what you are talking about. Because in every language, or even local dialects, there are all kind of names used.

@LaineyBug2020 3 года назад

You can tap them for a short time in the spring too, for a sweet energy drink.

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

ooh yes. So many things I didn't mention, but that was one I wanted to talk about. Do you tap a particular species?

@LaineyBug2020 3 года назад

@@UntamedScience I haven't had the chance myself, but another guy I follow from Canada did a great video on tapping Yellow Birch, which you seem to have in abundance! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n-ll6DYPvM4.html

@oldowl4290 2 года назад

Birch is the most used wood in professional drum building. That and maple, but maple is considered to be more "high end" despite both of them being very close in hardness on the Janka scale.

@HannahRoot55 Год назад

Are you an Old Owl ?

@bruceparker8033 2 года назад

In drought condition, birch can actually move towards water. They don't "walk". Their roots pull them along, up to 10m a year.

@uptoolate2793 2 года назад

Wut? Seriously?

@NumberOneScientist 2 года назад

@@uptoolate2793 ......... YES --- VERY SERIOUSLY --- Birch is not the only plant that does so .........

@bruceparker8033 2 года назад

@@uptoolate2793 No. Just stupid bs🐂💩.

@wilg8206 2 года назад

I saw this too in the Lord of the Rings...teasing. I'm open to this idea...would love to see a time lapse .

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 2 года назад

This might be related: I know around here a few guys told the police the tree jumped out in front of them.

@justoalejandrogonzalez5097 3 года назад

I will never get tired of saying how great this channel is.

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

:) Thanks Justo.

@stephenpaul6839 2 года назад

I'm a Mik'maq Native Canadian, we used to birchbark tree for the medicine chaga where we make teas from it

@tonyernst7090 2 года назад

Greetings from Australia,I live in an old copper mining area.ceased production in 1962, Birch and Pines seem to thrive on sulphate contaminated land... I'll pass on trying to taste the bark!.

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад

Why do trees hate riddles? Because it's too easy to get stumped!

@HaleyChamberlain 3 года назад

;) Hah.

@BiophiliaClips 3 года назад

Why did the tree get stumped? It couldn't get to the root of the problem!

@billastell3753 2 года назад

Nice informative video. It really is a shame that many children have wasted brains that are full of video game knowledge that has no use in the real world. Having said that one could also say knowledge of trees is also wasted brain space in the modern world. I'm in the latter category and wouldn't have it any other way..

@robertgraves3215 2 года назад

There's a guy on You Tube who makes birch oil with a dual drip can system under his campfire . He says it's great for skin ailments, cuts etc. I also tincture that birch polypore shroom and add it to my morning coffee, along with Chaga. It's medicinal properties are quite close to Chaga. I burn it for incense too.

@brendastolecki4755 2 года назад

I visited Poland several years ago. I always saw groves of Birch trees outlying pines forests. Also, the Poles cut a large budded Birch branch and pot it for an Easter Tree. They hang decorated eggs from a Birch branch durung Lenten season ushering in Easter.

@bushcraft_in_the_north 2 года назад

we do the same in Norway.

@dagmarfrerking2235 2 года назад

@@bushcraft_in_the_north And in northern Germany.

@aaronmaloney8282 2 года назад

Some Birch trees have eyes 👀 . Try hugging one and feel the energy it gives off. Beautiful 🌍. And amanita muscaria like birch trees 🍄😍. Cool video bro

@kooale 2 года назад

Wow, a biologist walking, observing & talking to us about biology, how novel! I LOVE IT! As a consumer I suggested a similar approach to the Wisconsin DNR (forest studies branch) this late summer, hope it didn't fall on deaf ears - because - what you do - WORKS! Very engaging. Many thanks. (Love Love Love the birch.)

@samplastik13 2 года назад

With my family I early spring we were drilling into birtch tree to collect sweet drinkable juce, it is so good

@JohnJohn-cu7nk 2 года назад

The only tree to survive the great smog of London in 1952..All other trees chocked to death as the bark was completely covered with dust/ airborne pollutants Its ability to constantly she'd it's top layer of bark meant pollutants were always she'd to..

@UndergroundLookingUp 2 года назад

So much more educational than the usual drivel here. Thank you brother, I hope people take time to explore some caves while they are out appreciating nature too!

@sirseigan Год назад

You are actually one of the few I have seen who ever mentioned the peel of birchbark as a fire starter. My dad thaught me one time as a kid that it would take fire even if it was wet. As an adult that piece of knowledge pretty much saved me and my friends lives when we sunk with a canoe in a very cold rapid river in the middle of nowhere, got totally soaking wet in a cold weather with rainfall for days making everything wet and pretty much impossible to get a fire going to warm us up. After many failed attempts at a fire I suddenly remember those words said some 20 years earlier and got a fire going despite the odds all thanks to the birch bark peel off. So yea; a real piece of gold nugget info you shared with the world there :-)

@adriancole3165 2 года назад

Great video! Query: In Australia we have the introduced variety from Europe, namely Silver Birch. Any advice as to whether it has similar qualities to the North American varieties you mention? Not even sure if they are even related.

@msgottaneedtoknow 2 года назад

They are closely related but have some differences. I don’t remember clearly anymore so I’d better not say more than that. Lol

@jaenmartens5697 2 года назад

They grow above the 60th parallel and in the fall when the leaves go gold they slowly close off the day with flaming glory.

@myagrimm4719 3 года назад

Great video 🙂 Could you do some videos on why certain plants are the way they are? For example, birch trees are quite flammable because of their oils and they're bark is weak compared to other trees - I'd like to know how those things can be advantages, when on the face of it, they seem like disadvantages. Thanks!

@brendastolecki4755 2 года назад

These trees should never n be planted next to driveways or sidewalks in landscaping. Their sap drips and make a sticky mess ON vehicles and ruin the finishes; on sidewalks the sap is walked on and carried into the house on shoes.

@doroparker1702 2 года назад

@@brendastolecki4755 You should be thankful about every tree in this world no matter where it is. Just park your car somewhere else and walk during the three weeks while the trees are dripping. Your legs are created for walking and not for stepping on gas and brake in a car. Trees belong in this world, cars not so much.

@brendastolecki4755 2 года назад

@@doroparker1702 excuse me, it just occurred to me that you may live in country/farming area and may have never been to a city where there is housing or condominiums with tiny little yards, narrow drives for vehicles. You may be unaware what landscaping is. Many times there is NO WHERE ELSE to park. You just would not plant the trees where they would hang over sidewalks and driveways.

@vowhe 3 года назад

This guy is underrated af.

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

;) Hah. Just going through all the comments this morning. I'll take comments like yours any day. Thanks bud.

@boblabla4756 2 года назад

Nail on the head. Only 1.1k ups? "C'mon man!"

@Toastification 2 года назад

Agreed!

@zackscott8636 2 года назад

@@UntamedScience have you heard of a book called Alpha Unplugged?

@capturehishonor9292 2 года назад

If a biologist, you should know that pulling birch bark off trees can kill them. Only pull the loose outer bark and do not strip to the dark inner bark. Birch bark has a flammable oil that that will light when wet. Paper birch bark was used to make canoes and baskets by Native Americans. Sinch paper birch wood does not stain, it is used to make thread spools and popsicles. Birch is used to make birch beer (similar to root beer) and birch syrup (similar to maple syrup). Yellow birch wood is sold as Philippine mahogany. Black birch, which grows from Georgia to Ontario, is prized as a hot burning firewood.

@chuckkottke 2 года назад

I'm fascinated with birch as well, noticing how many we have on our land here in northern Wisconsin coming up along with red maples in the new forest, as the northern pin oaks die out, part of forest succession. It's remarkable to see them in the sandy podzolic soil, where normally they're in the wetlands. Thanks for showing the full extent of their range, and the Segway from Scandinavia! We have one yellow birch on the farm where the seepage springs are, a fun minty treat to chew on!!🌿🍂🌱

@jonathaneves5847 3 года назад

Great Vlog. I love The Birch' such a graceful and delicate tree. with as you rightly say, some wonderful qualities. I have a couple of 10" by 8" sheets of Himalayan birch. pure white that I hope to use one day for letter writing, once i've mastered my calligraphy. Great family you have. Greetings from Liverpool. ✌️🐝

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

Thanks for that kind note Jonathan! I would love to get ahold of some birch sheets for that purpose too. Every time I do one of these videos I have a new found appreciation of whatever species I'm looking at! ;)

@mikeg4972 2 года назад

Also, "stone age man" would roast Birch back to extract a tar that was used as a glue.

@SujiBearGaming 6 месяцев назад

Minecraft birch Camman18: angry 😠😡 Real life birches:👁️👄👁️❤️

@frankdillingsly3580 2 года назад

I live in Birch Run Michigan on Birch Run Rd. I am surrounded by these majestic trees. Multiple varieties and the white Birch is like a chameleon in different seasons and sunlight and sunsets. Golden leaves in fall. I have always been intrigued by these beauties since childhood. My wife was always curious why I would keep Birch separate from others in the firewood pile and only Birch on the hearth next to the fireplace. I used all other hardwoods in the air tight wood burner for heating with. The beautiful colors of flames from Birch really add to the beauty of a fire in the fireplace. I love Birch trees

@tomparth3398 2 года назад

Hi I live south of Saginaw a few miles.Never realize birch wood puts out colorful flames.

@frankdillingsly3580 2 года назад

@@tomparth3398 Tom try some you'll see all different colors.

@HannahRoot55 Год назад

@@frankdillingsly3580Where ya from ? 😁

@beckyshock3099 2 года назад

Every camper, hiker, and outdoors people need to be able to identify Birch. Lightening will NOT strike a birch. My Grandpa was a logger and he said if I'm ever out in a storm find the nearest Birch tree and stick with it, until the storm passes.

@robertgotschall1246 2 года назад

I learned that Salix is the genus of plants that includes the Willow Tree, and was a traditional medicine. This was supposed to be the root for acetyi(salic) acid. My Mom grew up in the Midwest, but I grew up in Nevada. The mountain forests out here are populated mainly by Conifers and Oak, but also beautiful Golden Aspen, which has a similar white bark. I never convinced Mom that Aspen are not Birch. I'm not sure if Birch even grow in Nevada.

@debramoss2267 2 года назад

Yes, salycins are named for Salix, Willow. They are found in several plants and trees.

@petset77 2 года назад

I planted white willow for the "traditional medicine" reason. Aspirin works for me. We have native red willow down by the creek, but I wasn't sure about the salicin content. We also have a nice stand of quaking Aspen down by the creek (and major groves of them) not far above us in the mountains), but doubted someone's claim that it contains a usable quantity of pain reliever. Unfortunately, there are no birch here in southern Colorado that I've found, or research suggests. I'm a big chaga fan. It grows on birch, and might be the most medicinal mushroom.

@jamootoo5200 2 года назад

I've heard Bear Grylls tall about chaga also being another great fire starter that burns for a long time as well... maybe somehow correlates w it growing on birch/extracting some of its useful properties (?)

@msgottaneedtoknow 2 года назад

@@jamootoo5200 It’s got many medicinal uses, and is good fire starter. It’s more valuable as a drink though. It does grow on other trees but it’s said that you should only consume the chaga from a Birch tree. If you look online, it’s very expensive.

@qmcbbj 2 года назад

That last tree from whence you picked the fire-starter fungus was in fact a poplar... birch polypore is medicinal, and grows flat-side down. On birch trees. The crenulated bark on the mature aspen (poplar) along with the flat-top configuration of the fungus gave it away.

@Squirrel219 2 года назад

I have been studying various trees and plants in my area for their uses. This helps me a lot. There are many birch trees in Georgia.

@sclogse1 2 года назад

My friend will be publishing a major book on Georgia next year. I think I'm doing the cover.

@milesmaxcer2272 3 года назад

Great video, Rob! I had no idea there were so many species of birch!

@UntamedScience 3 года назад

Honestly, I didn't know either until I started digging into it a bit more. I guess that's why I love doing videos like this! I hope you're well Miles. Enjoying your content these days too!

@shaquilleobrien5722 2 года назад

My last name means "Birch wood people" in old Norse...Birkiskogr

@joebuchanan9563 3 года назад

Great video and very good information. Super beautiful family adds so much more to the production. You are a very lucky man and I thank you for letting us observe your passion.

@tmayorca8770 2 года назад

Wintergreen oil can loosens bolts. Set it on the bolthead or but and wait an hour.

@annabanana7987 2 года назад

Birch trees are a very cool tree!! I love trees, they are my passion. Loved this video!! New facts I never knew

@damageincorporatedmetal43v73 Год назад

We used to have Birch trees in the Mount View Cemetery. As a micmac Indian we new this to be a medicine tree. But they just cut them down in favor of Maple. Why cant they simply put back what they take ??? 🤔

@marbleman52 2 года назад

Here in north Arkansas; and probably in other parts as well, we have a lot of Sycamore trees and they have a white bark that peels off in irregular patches and which leaves a real smooth trunk. I think they are real neat looking trees.

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 2 года назад

They can be tapped for drinking water just like the birch trees.

@marbleman52 2 года назад

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 I didn't know that about the Sycamore tree...thanks..!!

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 2 года назад

@@marbleman52 You don't want to do it in chemically polluted areas, but water tables with pathogens are okay, the tree will filter them out. The same is true for salt, water from the tree will be fresh.

@marbleman52 2 года назад

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 ...I am very fortunate that here in north central Arkansas, which is almost entirely rural, the environment is clean & healthy; not perfect, of course, but it's in real good shape. We have lots of frogs and Dragon Flies in and around all of the ponds here and supposedly frogs & Dragon Flies are good indicators of a healthy environment. So I would expect that if I tapped a Sycamore tree for water that it would be safe to drink.

@BoothToHigh Месяц назад

Wait until Canman18 finds out Birch is real

@jamesburns8247 2 года назад

over the last two decades I taught tree and animal identification and woodsmanship with the Scouts and the Birch always produced the most comments and interest. Also taught Totin-Chit and Firemen_Chit (Birch bark)

@nnbnbnn 3 года назад

more botany videos!!! pLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me identify a pine tree outside my window! i have many tree books and i can't tell which one it is

@nnbnbnn 3 года назад

thanks for these super educational and enlightening video!!! i take walks everyday and it's been so fun to add to my knowledge about individual plants, esp how you add specific facts/history about them. you're such an underrated channel i'll def subscribe :)

@rhyothemisprinceps1617 Год назад

I used to love birch trees, but not anymore. My daughter & I are now allergic to the birch allergen Bet v 1, which is a molecular mimic for Lipocalin 2, an iron binding protein important for immune & neurological function & also glucose regulation. My daughter has a severe form of oral allergy syndrome in which pollen allergens such as Bet v 1 are cross-reactive with proteins in food. She also has Celiac; when 1st diagnosed she was hospitalized for 5 wks for intractable vomiting. There's been research on iron deficiency & Bet v 1/ lipocalin 2 interaction in allergy (see work of Franziska Roth-Walter). I'm willing to bet a few bucks it is also has a role in neurodegenerative diseases.

@blakespower 2 года назад

we have paper birches all over my area in Maryland. I dont know if they were originally planted as a ornamental tree but they seem to be concentrated near streams by my house in the woods

@punkypiesyt4871 3 года назад

I have 1000 in my backyard 😂

@meredithheath5272 2 года назад

This is VERY Cool!! Thanks for this video!

@jamesdistler7067 2 года назад

I used burn paper birch in my wood stove un northern Idaho.It's valued for long burning and value of a lot of heat.

@dirt8589 2 года назад

Would like to see tree identifier app, take picture of leaves, and bark, app. would identify the tree, learning to code. Have talked about it with my partner, walking our woods on several occasions trying to identify some of the trees here.

@Goldi3loxrox 2 года назад

I've always known them as Silver Birch. Thery are everywhere where I live. I love their stunning looks. I also love the smell of Eucalyliptus trees the one in my old garden was massive it has a lovely smooth bark and when you crush the fallen seeds in your hand the smell is wonderful.

@kingspeechless1607 2 года назад

We always refer to them as silver birch in the UK. They are a very popular garden planting here but people don't always appreciate the height they can reach.

@kagigebiquillboxes8565 2 года назад

From Indian Country in NW Minnesota: PSA # 1 - Please stop purchasing or DIY cutting up little birch trees for decoration in homes and businesses. The tree’s value goes far beyond decorating ascetics and the cost to the forest is enormous. A crisis is being created by this practice which deeply impacts Indigenous culture. We’re facing a shortage of mature trees now and in the future because of this fad. PSA # 2 - Please consult with an elder to learn how to properly peel a birch tree. Peeling the outerbark of a birch tree does not damage the tree and, in fact, second-growth bark can be peeled again in 10-15-20 years - I’ve done it and it’s beautiful to work with. HOWEVER, incorrectly peeling a tree can kill it. Get your teachings from someone with experience. Miigwech (thank-you)!

@4460cows 2 года назад

I have planted a very young birch tree about 30 years ago or so the neighbors have always love how straight the tree has grown over the years. I have enjoyed the very fresh smells of the birch tree mostly and have used to adorn the home seasons as they occur. Love the different colors the year brings that only a true birch can offer.. I was told by a professional arbors that they should be planted in a triangle grove and not just a single tree. Yet my single tree has grown straight to about 60 feet in height. Each year it has a small crop of truffles at the base.

@philipcallicoat3801 2 года назад

One of my favorite trees 💖... Although, I have a great love for all trees... From the giant sequoia to the willows... Eucalyptus leaves smoke drives mosquitoes away...

@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve 2 года назад

Love your work, and your family! Great knowledge and enjoy the content.

@UntamedScience 2 года назад

Ah. Thank you!

@Goodpatron 3 года назад

His wife is beautiful ☺️

@BuickOutdoors 2 года назад

In the spring I tap birch and collect the sap. I boil the sap down and make birch syrup. I made a video of the whole process and put it up on my channel if you want to check it out and give it a try. It's absolutely delicious syrup.

@vonries 3 года назад

You might want to drill some holes in a few of your Birch trees and tap in a plug of that fungus if you want to keep finding it, especially before you harvest it all. Just a thought, but I'm a mushroom person.

@WKP80 2 года назад

You may want to try chaga mushroom as it grows on birch trees. It has amazing medicinal uses

@vonries 2 года назад

@@WKP80 I can never help but sing the praises of Chaga. According to the Dr's I should have died about 8 years ago. However my son convinced me to try Chaga tea, so to make him happy that I would try I did. Here I am 8 years later with my lymph nodes smaller and still alive without any additional therapy other then monitoring.

@keniiilmarinen6964 2 года назад

In Finland there are quite a few Birch trees. Someone once asked, "How many forests does Finland have?" the answer was, " just one........... the whole country"

@ononono7016 3 года назад

This is giving me Wanderlust

@RayDrouillard 2 года назад

Euell Gibbons wrote a number of books about foraging for food in the wild. He told of a young exchange student that he was showing around. He had her taste a wintergreen plant, which is a small plant that grows on the forest floor. Then, he had her taste a black birch. She said "Oh! It's that American flavor. You have it in toothpaste and drinks and candy, and now I see you have it in your plants and trees!" OK, I'm sure that I didn't remember the quote exactly, but that is the gist.