European white birch

tree
Also known as: Betula alba, Betula pendula, common birch, silver birch

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characteristics

  • European beech
    In Fagales: Betulaceae

    pendula (silver birches) and B. nana (dwarf birches) are circumboreal (i.e., extending to the northern limit of the tree line); the two species very nearly coincide in their ranges, with the dwarf birches extending farther into the Arctic. They now occupy most areas that were glaciated…

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description

  • European white birch
    In white birch

    The European white birch (B. pendula), also known as silver birch or common birch, has slender drooping branches and small sharp-pointed leaves about 6 cm (2 inches) long. It may grow to a height of 15 metres (49 feet) on light soils. The cut-leaved, purple-leaved, and…

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