MegRev's list "Nature names" of 1 great name ideas: Birch - Birch!

Nature names

Birch is a rarely used nature name that calls to mind the lovely image of the tall, strong but graceful white-barked tree. 
<br/><br/>The best known bearer of the name is former high-ranking Democratic Senator Birch Evans Bayh, who carried the name of his father and was the principal Senate sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment.
<br/><br/>The birch tree has many notable qualities and uses &mdash; including the making of furniture, paper, canoes, and drums, is considered the national tree of Russia (where it used to be worshiped as a goddess), the state tree of New Hampshire, and has spiritual significance in several cultures.
