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   What does a silver birch tree look like?

   • Silver birch is a striking, medium-sized deciduous tree. When mature they can reach 30m in height, forming a light canopy with elegant, drooping branches. The white bark sheds layers like tissue paper and becomes black and rugged at the base. As the trees mature, the bark develops dark, diamond-shaped fissures.

   Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - British Trees - Woodland Trust

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   Are silver birch trees hardy?

   • Despite its graceful appearance and drooping branches, it is one of the country's hardiest trees. living up to 120 years in the wild, silver birch (Betula pendula) usually grows to around 15m tall. silver birch is native to Northern Europe. woodpeckers often nest in the trunks of silver birch. Heading out into the forest?

   Silver birch - Forestry England

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   What is a birch tree called?

   • Betula subg. Betula Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, [ 2 ] or East Asian white birch, [ 3 ] is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found at higher altitudes.

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   Where do silver birch trees grow?

   • Silver birch is a popular garden tree and often hybridises with our other native birch, the downy birch, Betula pubescens, which is more common in Scotland. Tolerant of a range of temperatures, it grows as far south as Spain and as far north as Lapland. It thrives in dry woodlands, downs and heaths. When mature these trees can reach 30m in height.

   Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - British Trees - Woodland Trust

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   What is a silver birch?

   • Betula pendula is the parent of several named, cultivated birches with a variety of ornamental attributes, including different growing shapes and habits. Weeping silver birch (Betula pendula ‘Youngii’) is distinctly different looking, forming a wide-spreading tree of weeping branches. Silver birch growth rate is relatively fast.

   How to grow and care for a silver birch tree

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   Is silver birch a 'pioneer' tree?

   • Silver birch is known as a 'pioneer' species great for establishing new woodland. A hardy tree, and deep rooting, it can act as a 'nurse' tree in mixed woodlands to protect other more delicate young trees as they grow and draw up nutrients from deep in the soil. With climate change, the species may become vulnerable to drought in drier areas.

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2. www.woodlandtrust.org.uk › silver-birchSilver Birch (Betula pendula) - British Trees - Woodland Trust

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   Silver birch is a striking, medium-sized deciduous tree. When mature they can reach 30m in height, forming a light canopy with elegant, drooping branches. The white bark sheds layers like tissue paper and becomes black and rugged at the base.

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   Jan 30, 2024 · Silver birch (Betula pendula) is a deciduous tree with a slender shape and graceful appearance, which has given rise to its lovely name of the ‘lady of the woods’. Silver birch trees look attractive year-round with white bark, spring catkins and yellow autumn leaf colour.

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   A spindly tree of heathland and moorlands, and dry and sandy soils, the Silver birch is well known for its paper-thin, white bark. It is a great coloniser and can quickly spread in an area.

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   silver birch. Elegant, narrowly conical, deciduous tree up to 25m in height, with slender drooping twigs. Peeling white bark, becomes black and rugged at the base. Diamond-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves, turn yellow in autumn. Flowers in catkins are yellow-brown and appear in early spring.

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8. www.gardenersworld.com › plants › betula-pendulaBetula pendula - BBC Gardeners World Magazine

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   The silver or common birch, Betula pendula, is a fantastic tree, grown for its silver-white bark, spring catkins and pretty yellow autumn foliage. It's a medium-sized, deciduous tree and is a British native.

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   The silver birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree that owes its common name to the white peeling bark on the trunk. The twigs are slender and often pendulous and the leaves are roughly triangular with doubly serrate margins and turn yellow and brown in autumn before they fall.

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    A natural pioneer species, the silver birch seeds itself freely and is able to colonise open land. It is found throughout England on light, dry soils and is a valuable conservation species. Despite its graceful appearance and drooping branches, it is one of the country's hardiest trees.