<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31467709</termId><termName>Betula alleghaniensis</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Species of ornamental and timber tree native to the northeastern part of North America. It is among the largest of birches, reaching 30 m (100 feet) on cool, moist bottomlands and on drier soils to elevations of 1,950 m. On limbs and young trunks the silvery yellow bark peels in paper-thin curls; on old trunks it is red-brown, deeply grooved, and broken into irregular plates. The pale green twigs are slightly aromatic. The hard, pale red-brown wood usually is not separated from that of sweet birch commercially. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:05:56</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467710</termId><termName>Quebec birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467711</termId><termName>hard birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467712</termId><termName>silver birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467713</termId><termName>swamp birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467714</termId><termName>yellow birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31454693</termId><termName>Betula</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31470081</termId><termName>yellow birch</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>