Silver birch
The silver birch (Betula pendula), also known as the warty birch, European white birch,[2] or East Asian white birch, is a deciduous tree in the family Betulaceae. It grows in Europe, parts of Asia and North America.[3]
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| File:Betula pendula Finland.jpg | |
| Silver birch forest, Inari, Finland | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Betula |
| Subgenus: | Betula subg. Betula |
| Species: | B. pendula
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| Binomial name | |
| Betula pendula | |
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| File:Betula pendula range.svg | |
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The silver birch is a medium-sized tree, which has triangle-shaped leaves. In autumn the leaves turn yellow and fall. Trunk is shining white. The twigs are slender, and in an old tree the they often hang downwards. The flowers are grouped in an inflorescence called a catkin. The wind spreads the birch seed. The trees are monoecious, with both male and female catkins on the same tree.
Silver Birch Media
Silver birch has often pendulous twigs, after which the tree has received its scientific name.
- Betula pendula - Childwall Woods & Fields 01.jpg
Betula pendula silver birch catkins and leaves, Childwall Woods & Fields, Merseyside
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Birch tree in autumn (Međimurje County, Croatia)
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Birke (Betula pendula) im Winter. Standort: Bezibüelriet, Gemeinde Meilen, Schweiz.
- Sawfly larvae on silver birch 140701 (Tony Holkham).JPG
Birch sawfly (Craesus septentrionalis) larvae feeding on silver birch, West Wales, July 2014
- 2014-10-30 09 58 18 Birch foliage during autumn along Terrace Boulevard in Ewing, New Jersey.jpg
Foliage coloring in autumn
- HAZELIUS(1881) Vol.1, Abb.9, p037.jpg
A pair of Finnish traditional shoes woven from strips of birch bark
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B. pendula 'Laciniata'
- Birch-Betula-pendula-Tromsø.JPG
Betula pendula in Tromsø in May, Northern Norway.
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ European white birch, TD Tree Bee
- ↑ Betula pendula IUCN
Other websites
- Ecology of birch species
- European White Birch Archived 2016-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Betula pendula (silver birch) Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Kew Gardens
