A birch wand is any wand that is crafted out of wood from a birch tree. More specifically, a birch wand is any wand that has a birch shaft, a birch handle, or both.
Birch Trees
Birch trees have the folk names: [White] Lady of the Woods, Tree of Birth, Pioneer Tree (because it is often one of first trees to return after a fire), Beith (Gaelic), Bereza, Berke, and Beth.
Birch trees are typically small to medium-sized trees that are widespread in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They tend to be short-lived and a pioneering tree that rapidly colonizes open ground, especially after a fire.
The wand maker has many choices when it comes to birch wood wands. Several common varieties are the American birch (Betula alleghaniensis) from North America, the Black birch (B. lenta) f
