Year-round beautyConsidered by many to be one of the most attractive native forest trees in North America, the paper birch can be an eye-catching ornamental tree often associated with the unspoiled wilderness. A popular landscape tree, its fall color and white bark in winter make an unbeatable combination.
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Sculptured tree or lumberHighly valued as an ornamental tree, it is often used for bonsai and hedges. It is also an important timber tree and is used to make Venetian blinds, sashes, doors and interior finish millwork because of its light, strong, fine-grained wood.
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Radiant and colorfulBroadly acclaimed for a variety of high-value wood products, alder also fixes nitrogen from the atmosphere and is an excellent recycler of nutrients. Native Americans used the bark to treat many problems from insect bites to lymphatic disorders. They also used the bark to dye fishing nets to make them less visible underwater.
A truly renaissance tree
Image Rehabilitation and conservation
Image Largest of all pines
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One of the world’s few deciduous conifers
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Image Making homes beautiful for centuries
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Oregon forest landowners plant approximately 40 million trees every year, ensuring sustainable forests for future generations.
By planting trees today, we supply the products needed to build homes and community spaces for future generations.
Planting trees is key to sustainable forest management. In Oregon, forest landowners plant three trees for every one harvested. As those trees grow, they provide habitat for wildlife at every stage of the forest life cycle.
Planting trees is key to sustainable forest management. In Oregon, forest landowners plant three trees for every one harvested. As those trees grow, they pull atmospheric carbon out of the air and store it within the wood. Even when that wood is made into a home or other wood products, the carbon stays locked in the wood.
