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Silver birch
Charles Risen, Pixabay

Silver birch

Betula pendula

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Trunk: strikingly white (betulin), smooth bark, cracking and darkening with age
  • Leaves: diamond-shaped to triangular, 4-7 cm long, hairless
  • Fruits/seeds: 2-3 cm long catkins
  • Other: overhanging branches, covered with small cork warts

 

Birke Hängebirke Blatt Janina Deutschmann
Hängebirke - Blatt
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

Birke Hängebirke ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann 2
Hängebirke - ganzer Baum
Photo. Janina Deutschmann

PA120002Birke Kerstin Ellersdorfer
Birke - Rinde
Photo: Kerstin Ellersdorfer