Silver birch
| 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 | |
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The silver birch (Betula pendula), also known as the warty birch, European white birch, or East Asian white birch, is a deciduous tree in the family Betulaceae. It grows in Europe, parts of Asia annNorth America.
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
- ↑ Stritch, L., Shaw, K., Roy , S. & Wilson. (2014). "Betula pendula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T62535A3115662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T62535A3115662.en.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ European white birch Archived 2020-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, 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
