Mink are members of the weasel family (Mustelidae). They are chocolate brown in color with a small white patch on the lower lips area. They are similar in size to a ferret and usually live close to water. they are good swimmers and are also capable of climbing trees. Mink feed on frogs, water birds, fish and small mammals such as voles and young rabbits. Mink are bred in captivity on Mink Farms for their fur.
A third species of birch tree growing in Alaska is Kenai birch, Betula kenaica, which grows on the Kenai Peninsula. Kenai birch is smaller in size than the other two species of birch trees in Alaska.Kenai birchâs relationship to other birch trees is not well known. It is thought to be most closely related to paper birch.imberley Maher: Birch â growing in the boreal forest. Birch is one of six types of trees that grow in the Alaskan boreal forest, or taiga. The circumpolar boreal forest, named after Boreas, the Greek god of the North Wind, is the largest terrestrial biome on earth and reaches across Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia.
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch or warty birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe it is only found at higher altitudes.ilver birch. The silver birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree, typically reaching 15 to 25 m (49 to 82 ft) tall (exceptionally up to 31 metres (102 ft)), with a slender trunk usually under 40 cm (16 in) diameter.