View from high up of trees, mountain and sky, The Berkshires - Stock-Fotografie

Birch trees and green lawn in midsummer, looking from Williamstown, The Berkshires, Massachusetts north toward the Green Mountains of southern Vermont. Many Native Americans in the United States prized the birch for its bark, which because of its light weight, flexibility, and the ease with which it could be stripped from fallen trees, was often used for the construction of strong, waterproof but lightweight canoes, bowls, and wigwams.