Aspen Vs Birch Tree

Abstract Birch Tree Art

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Aspen and Birch Tree Difference

I thought the aspen tree was just another name for the birch tree, it wasn't until I started writing this blog post that I found out the two are actually different tree species. Aspens have a wider distribution range in North America than Birch trees which are mostly found in the northern and eastern regions.

Both have slim trunks and similar white looking bark with black markings making it difficult to tell them apart.  But the bark of birch trees flakes and peels off the trunk in paper thin layers. 

Another difference is in the way they grow, aspens grow from a single root system in a way similar to rhizomes in some flowers like irises but birch trees grow from seeds. There are also more varieties of birch trees than there are of aspen trees.

 But regardless, both add beauty to the natural landscape and are a favorite painting subject for many nature artists including me. The digital version of the acrylic birch tree painting (or is it an aspen?) pictured in this blog post can be bought as canvas prints at Pictorem and on other products at Redbubble.