What does it mean when there are white birch trees in your forest?? After making a video about white birch (Betula papyrifera, aka paper birch) this weekend, I was inspired to re-edit and repost this video from 2024 about what white birch trees tell us about our forests’ history. White birch is undoubtedly the most recognizable and beloved tree of the northern forest, a tree species that almost anyone can identify. What most people don’t know is that it’s another one of our “intolerant” tree spe