Where the creek rounded the grassy base of a bill there rose a stand of young birches, shimmering white in the morning light.

Ronsard, send two knights to bring me two young birches.

His gaze dropped to the lichen covered mound the young birch grew from, all that remained of Milthra's tree.

Varkell pointed to the young birch in the circle of ancient trees.

"Big trees like that, both of em together ain't got the leaves of a young birch."

Many of the doomed are young birches, which will grow back quickly, he said.

"I wanted to indicate in a very tangible way that many young birches are cut before their time."

A grey and brown pigeon perched motionless on the slender branches of a young birch.

They were cut from young birch, springy, hard to snap.

Anne paused to throw her arm about a slim young birch and kiss its cream-white trunk.