QUODITCH EDUCATION DEVON

 QUODITCH MOOR NATURE RESERVE

TREES

SILVER BIRCH
Betula Pendula (Betulaceae)

Name origins

Shape,

Height,

Bark,

Leaves

History,

Uses

Practical

Herbal

Mythology and tradition

The Birch has its own lodger, the Birch Polypore. The trouble with this one is that over the space of about forty years it kills off the tree.

 

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