Betula pendula Roth
(Silver Birch)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBetula pendula (Silver Birch)
GenusBetula (birches)
FamilyBETULACEAE (birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Betula pendula (Silver Birch) :
1: Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
28 Dec 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Winter silhouette
2: Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
27 Mar 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Bark - close-up
3: Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
8 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: BarkImage 2: Bark (2)Image 3: Bark (3)Image 4: Bark (4)Image 5: Base of trunkImage 6: TreeImage 7: Trunks

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

Green, S. 2004 Fungi associated with shoots of silver birch (Betula pendula) in Scotland Mycol. Res. Vol 108 (11): 1327-1336.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 42 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
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