Hi folks,

While exploring a recovering forest on old fields that haven't been
farmed in 80+ years I found this tree.  The woodlot is in southern Cape
Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Can anyone help me identify the tree?  It
looks like some kind of birch to me, but I am new to this.

Big mossy tree, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33904414@N03/3263118419/sizes/l/

 

A view from a different angle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33904414@N03/3263947400/sizes/l/

--Todd