Silver birch
species of plant
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]
Silver birch Betula pendula | |
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Silver birch forest, Inari, Finland | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Betulaceae |
Genus: | Betula |
Subgenus: | Betula subg. Betula |
Species: | B. pendula |
Binomial name | |
Betula pendula Roth | |
Subspecies | |
See text | |
Distribution map |
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.
References
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
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