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The silver birch is a hardy tree, a pioneer species, and one of the first trees to appear on bare or fire-swept land. Many species of birds and animals are found in birch woodland, the tree supports a wide range of insects and the light shade it casts allows shrubby and other plants to grow beneath its canopy. It is planted decoratively in ...
There are numerous folkloric Russian songs in which the birch tree occurs. The Ornäs birch is the national tree of Sweden. The Czech word for the month of March, Březen, is derived from the Czech word bříza meaning birch, as birch trees flower in March under local conditions. The silver birch tree is of special importance to the Swedish ...
Betulaceae (birch family) Betula pendula: silver birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula platyphylla: Siberian silver birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula populifolia: gray birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula pubescens: downy birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula pumila: swamp birch Betulaceae (birch family) Betula szechuanica: Sichuan birch
Betula cordifolia - Heart-leaf birch or mountain paper birch; Betula pendula - Silver birch; Betula mandschurica - Manchurian birch Betula mandschurica var. japonica - Japanese birch; Betula neoalaskana - Alaska birch or Yukon birch; Betula occidentalis - Water birch or red birch (B. fontinalis)
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Willows (Salix spp.; several species, but mostly shrubs rather than trees) Bay Willow (Salix pentandra) Grey Willow (Salix cinerea; usually a shrub, but occasionally develops tree form [1]) Goat Willow (Salix caprea) Birches. Silver Birch (Betula pendula) Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) Alders. Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Hornbeams
The original Ornäs birch was discovered in 1767 by Hans Gustaf Hiordt in the village of Ornäs, in the central Swedish province of Dalarna. Hiordt sent a description of the tree to the University of Uppsala botanist Carl Linnaeus. Cuttings were taken from the original tree, from which all Ornäs birch trees have been propagated. The tree fell ...
Trees are either evergreen, having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year, ... Similarly, the bark of the silver birch (Betula pendula) peels off ...