Betula pendula

Birk Betula pendula
Betula pendula forest, Inari, Finland
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Faimily:	Betulaceae
Genus:	Betula
Subgenus:	Betula
Species:	B. pendula
Binomial name
Betula pendula Roth
Distribution map

Betula pendula (birk) is a widespread European birk wi white (siller) bark, tho in soothren Europe it is anly foond at haicher altitudes. Its range extends intae soothwest Asie in the muntains o northren Turkey an the Caucasus. The closely relatit Betula platyphylla in northren Asie an Betula szechuanica o central Asie are an aa treatit as varieties o siller birk bi some botanists, as B. pendula var. platyphylla an B. pendula var. szechuanica respectively (see birk classification).^[1][2][3]