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gray birch
noun
- a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish-white bark and triangular leaves.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gray birch1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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If you live high in the Appalachians or in northern latitudes, you could turn to a few native species of birch, the gray birch, the sweet birch and the yellow birch.
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I doubt the signature tree at the southern end of the High Line, the gray birches of the Gansevoort Woodland, would be happy south of Philadelphia.
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About six black-capped chickadees had turned a bare gray birch into a sort of Christmas tree.
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Trees like white poplar or gray birch generally give way to other species in a few dozen years.
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A copse of trembling aspens overlooked gray birch and bracken fern.
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