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Birch

Betula spp.

  • Height: up to 20 m
  • Crown: usually narrow
  • Trunk: strikingly white (betulin), smooth bark, cracks and darkens with age
  • Leaves: diamond-shaped to triangular, ovate, 4-7 cm long
  • Fruits/seeds: elongated catkins
  • Other: very thin, fine twigs, often drooping

 

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

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

PA120002Birke Kerstin Ellersdorfer
Birke - Rinde
Photo: Kerstin Ellersdorfer