Silver Birch. The Fire Tree. One Minute ID

Silver Birch. The Fire Tree. I visit a young National Forest woodland to look at one of my favourite trees - the silver birch. It's a beautiful and distinctive tree, but these trees are under threat from grey squirrels. I trap the squirrels to protect the young trees from lasting damage - even death. The silver birch has a resinous bark and the translucent flakes that can be peeled off the tree trunk burn easily and, with just a spark, will ignite into a hot fire making this tree a firm favourite with bush crafters and survivalists as the tree of choice from which to create a fire.

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[ClanGunnBushcraft]

Amazing tree, and has so many uses and resources.
It's my favorite too.
Spring's starting to sprout, so it's nearly time to start tapping them 😊
Cheers Mick, muchly enjoyed like always.
Thanks
Andy

[overandfantabulous]

Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for sharing Mick.

[BushcraftUkraineBV]

I have a lot of birch in my usual haunts... I use the bark very often to light my fires)) I rarely have to tap into a live birch as there are always some lying on the ground. You can even use the birch when it's wet and even half rotten. It's a bit harder to start a fire with it when it's not in mint condition but it still works fine. Thanks for sharing, mate))

[LaserSharkPhotoablations]

U ever try to make a bow from birch Mick?

[BushcraftUkraineBV]

I have a lot of birch in my usual haunts... I use the bark very often to light my fires)) I rarely have to tap into a live birch as there are always some lying on the ground. You can even use the birch when it's wet and even half rotten. It's a bit harder to start a fire with it when it's not in mint condition but it still works fine. Thanks for sharing, mate))