Noun: water birch
- Birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
"Water birch grows abundantly along mountain streams";
- swamp birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch, Betula fontinalis
Derived forms: water birches
Type of: birch, birch tree
Part of: Betula, genus Betula
Encyclopedia: Water birch