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Is that gray birch (Betula polulifolia) or paper birch (Betula papyrifera)?

My wife and I transplanted some wild leeks onto our property a few years ago, a shady area near a small stream. They're just starting to poke through the surface.

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It is a paper birch. Some of the largest hooves I've found. The one on the right side is probably 10-11 inches across and 5-6 tall. I harvested a few fist size ones to process into tinder.

Yeah, I plan on transplanting some in a few weeks when one of the larger patches that I frequent is further along in growth.

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Good point, troutddicted. I try to go easy on harvesting from my transplant patch. And I don't take them out of the same natural patches year after year. I'll keep the stat in mind, try to look out for the 95% left behind.

Imagine the size of the horse, themess1 :-)

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The one large plot that I harvest from is well over an acre, if not 2. I fill my haversack probably a dozen times a year. By summer, I'm almost getting sick of them, if that's even possible.

I'm going to transplant a few dozen this year and see how it goes.

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