betula pendula

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The silver birch typically reaches {{convert|15|to|25|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall (exceptionally up to {{convert|31|m|ft|abbr=on}}), with a slender trunk usually under {{convert|40|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} diameter. The bark on the trunk and branches is golden-brown at first, but later this turns to white as a result of papery tissue developing on the surface and peeling off in flakes, in a similar manner to the closely related paper birch (B. papyrifera). The bark remains smooth until the tree gets quite large, but in older trees, the bark thickens, becoming irregular, dark, and rugged. Young branches have whitish resin warts and the twigs are slender, hairless, and often pendulous. The buds are small and sticky, and development is sympodial – the terminal bud dies away and growth continues from a lateral bud. The species is monoecious with male and female catkins found on the same tree.{{cite journal| vauthors = Vakkari P |title=Silver birch (Betula pendula)|date=2009|journal=EUFORGEN Technical Guidelines for Genetic Conservation and Use|url=http://www.euforgen.org/fileadmin/templates/euforgen.org/upload/Publications/Technical_guidelines/1372_Silver_birch__Betula_pendula_.pdf|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051714/http://www.euforgen.org/fileadmin/templates/euforgen.org/upload/Publications/Technical_guidelines/1372_Silver_birch__Betula_pendula_.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}} Some shoots are long and bear the male catkins at the tip, while others are short and bear female catkins. The immature male catkins are present during the winter, but the female catkins develop in the spring, soon after the leaves unfurl.

The leaves have short, slender stalks and are {{convert|3|to|7|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long, triangular with broad, untoothed, wedge-shaped bases, slender pointed tips, and coarsely double-toothed, serrated margins. They are sticky with resin at first, but this dries as they age, leaving small, white scales. The foliage is a pale to medium green and turns yellow early in the autumn before the leaves fall. In midsummer, the female catkins mature and the male catkins expand and release pollen, and wind pollination takes place. A catkin of Silver birch could produce an average of 1.66 million pollen grains.{{cite journal | vauthors = Ranpal S, Sieverts M, Wörl V, Kahlenberg G, Gilles S, Landgraf M, Köpke K, Kolek F, Luschkova D, Heckmann T, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Büttner C, Damialis A, Jochner-Oette S | title = Is Pollen Production of Birch Controlled by Genetics and Local Conditions? | journal = International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | volume = 19 | issue = 13 | page = 8160 | date = July 2022 | pmid = 35805818 | pmc = 9266428 | doi = 10.3390/ijerph19138160 | doi-access = free }} The small, 1- to 2-mm winged seeds ripen in late summer on pendulous, cylindrical catkins {{convert|2|to|4|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|7|mm|1|abbr=on}} broad. The seeds are very numerous and are separated by scales, and when ripe, the whole catkin disintegrates and the seeds are spread widely by the wind.

Silver birch can easily be confused with the similar downy birch (Betula pubescens). Yet, downy birches are characterised by hairy leaves and young shoots, whereas the same parts on silver birch are hairless. The leaf base of silver birch is usually a right angle to the stalk, while for downy birches, it is rounded. In terms of genetic structure, the trees are quite different, but do, however, occasionally hybridize.

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The silver birch grows naturally from western Europe eastwards to Kazakhstan, the Sakha Republic in Siberia, Mongolia, and the Xinjiang province in China, and southwards to the mountains of the Caucasus and northern Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. It is also native to northern Morocco and has become naturalised in some other parts of the world.{{GRIN | access-date=2014-05-29}} In the southern parts of its range, it is mainly found in mountainous regions. Its light seeds are easily blown by the wind and it is a pioneer species, one of the first trees to sprout on bare land or after a forest fire. It needs plenty of light and does best on dry, acid soils and is found on heathland, mountainsides, and clinging to crags.{{cite book |title=Trees and Bushes | vauthors = Vedel H, Lange J |year=1971 |publisher=Methuen |isbn=978-0-416-61780-1 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/treesbushesinwoo0000vede/page/141 141–143] |url=https://archive.org/details/treesbushesinwoo0000vede/page/141 }} Its tolerance to pollution make it suitable for planting in industrial areas and exposed sites.{{cite web |url=http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-5NLDXL |title=Silver birch: Betula pendula |publisher=Forestry Commission |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529051546/http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-5NLDXL |url-status=dead }} It has been introduced into North America, where it is known as the European white birch, and is considered invasive in the states of Kentucky, Maryland, Washington, and Wisconsin.{{cite web |url=http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/invasive_plants/weeds/european-white-birch.pdf |title=European White Birch – Betula pendula |date=2006-09-01 |publisher=USDA Forest Service |access-date=2014-05-29}} It is naturalised and locally invasive in parts of Canada.{{cite journal | vauthors = Diamond J, Browning M, Williams A, Middleton J |year=2003 |title=Lack of Evidence for Impact of the European White Birch, Betula pendula, on the Hydrology of Wainfleet Bog, Ontario |journal=Canadian Field-Naturalist |volume=117 |issue=3 |page=393 |doi=10.22621/cfn.v117i3.741 |url=http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/741 |doi-access=free }}

{{See also|List of Betula species}}

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Three subspecies of silver birch are accepted:{{cite web|title=Betula pendula Roth.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295174-1|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=2018-10-28}}

• Betula pendula subsp. pendula – Europe and eastwards to central Asia
• Betula pendula subsp. mandshurica (Regel) Ashburner & McAll. – eastern Asia and western North America; treated by some botanists as Betula platyphylla{{cite book | veditors = Hunt D | date = 1993 | chapter = Betula | title = Proceedings of the IDS Betula Symposium 2–4 October 1992 | page = 51 | publisher = International Dendrology Society | isbn = 0-9504544-5-1}}
• Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica (C.K.Schneid.) Ashburner & McAll. – western China, from Qinghai and Gansu to Yunnan and southeast Xizang (Tibet), treated by some botanists as Betula szechuanica

B. pendula is distinguished from the related B. pubescens, the other common European birch, in having hairless, warty shoots (hairy and without warts in downy birch), more triangular leaves with double serration on the margins (more ovoid and with single serrations in downy birch), and whiter bark often with scattered black fissures (greyer, less fissured, in downy birch). It is also distinguished cytologically, silver birch being diploid (with two sets of chromosomes), whereas downy birch is tetraploid (four sets of chromosomes). Hybrids between the two are known, but are very rare, and being triploid, are sterile.{{cite book|author=OECD|title=Novel Food and Feed Safety SET 1: Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms OECD Consensus Documents Volumes 1 and 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMW8UloBZqMC&pg=RA1-PA58 |year=2008 |publisher=OECD Publishing |isbn=978-92-64-05346-5|pages=58}} The two have differences in habitat requirements, with silver birch found mainly on dry, sandy soils, and downy birch more common on wet, poorly drained sites such as clay soils and peat bogs. Silver birch also demands slightly more summer warmth than does downy birch, which is significant in the cooler parts of Europe. Many North American texts treat the two species as conspecific (and cause confusion by combining the downy birch's alternative vernacular name 'white birch', with the scientific name B. pendula of the other species), but they are regarded as distinct species throughout Europe.

Several varieties of B. pendula are no longer accepted, including B. pendula var. carelica, fontqueri, laciniata, lapponica, meridionalis, microlepis, and parvibracteata, as well as forms Betula pendula f. bircalensis, crispa, and palmeri. Other synonyms include:{{cite web |url=http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/betula/betul/betupen.html |title=Betula pendula Roth | vauthors = Anderberg A |date=1999-10-14 |work=Den virtuella floran |publisher=Naturhistoriska riksmuseet |access-date=2014-05-29}}

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• The rejected name Betula alba L. also applied in part to B. pendula, though also to B. pubescens{{Cite journal | vauthors = Govaerts R | year = 1996 | title = Proposal to reject the name Betula alba (Betulaceae) | journal = Taxon | volume = 45 | pages = 697–698 | doi=10.2307/1224262| jstor = 1224262 }}
• Betula brachylepis V.N.Vassil.
• Betula cajanderi f. fruticans Kozhevn.
• Betula carpatica var. sudetica Rchb.
• Betula coriacea Pamp.
• Betula cycoviensis Steud.
• Betula ellipticifolia V.N.Vassil.
• Betula etnensis Raf., sometimes spelled B. aetnensis
• Betula ferganensis V.N.Vassil.
• Betula fontqueri Rothm.
• Betula gummifera Bertol.
• Betula hybrida Blom
• Betula insularis V.N.Vassil.
• Betula kossogolica V.N.Vassil.
• Betula laciniata (Wahlenb.) Rchb.
• Betula lobulata Kit.
• Betula ludmilae V.N.Vassil.
• Betula microlepis I.V.Vassil.
• Betula mongolica V.N.Vassil.
• Betula montana V.N.Vassil.
• Betula oycowiensis Besser, sometimes spelled B. oycoviensis
• Betula palmata Borkh.
• Betula parvibracteata Peinado, G.Moreno & A.Velasco
• Betula platyphylloides V.N.Vassil.
• Betula pseudopendula V.N.Vassil.
• Betula szaferi Jent.-Szaf. ex Staszk.
• Betula talassica Poljakov
• Betula tiulinae V.N.Vassil.
• Betula transbaicalensis V.N.Vassil.
• Betula tristis Dippel
• Betula verrucosa Ehrh.
• Betula virgultosa Fr. ex Regel
• Betula vladimirii V.N.Vassil.

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The silver birch has an open canopy which allows plenty of light to reach the ground. This allows a variety of mosses, grasses, and flowering plants to grow beneath, which in turn attract insects. Flowering plants often found in birch woods include primrose (Primula vulgaris), violet (Viola riviniana), bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), and wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella). Small shrubs that grow on the forest floor include blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) and cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).{{cite web |url=http://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/birch/ |title=Silver birch, downy birch | vauthors = Featherstone AW |publisher=Trees for Life |access-date=2014-05-28}}

Birds found in birch woodland include the chaffinch, tree pipit, willow warbler, nightingale, robin, woodcock, redpoll, and green woodpecker.

The branches of the silver birch often have tangled masses of twigs known as witch's brooms growing among them, caused by the fungus Taphrina betulina. Old trees are often killed by the decay fungus Fomitopsis betulina and fallen branches rot rapidly on the forest floor. This tree commonly grows with the mycorrhizal fungus Amanita muscaria in a mutualistic relationship. This applies particularly to acidic or nutrient-poor soils. Other mycorrhizal associates include Leccinum scabrum and Cantharellus cibarius. In addition to mycorrhiza, the presence of microfauna in the soil assists the growth of the tree, as it enhances the mobilization of nutrients.{{cite journal | vauthors = Setälä H, Huhta V |year=1991 |title=Soil Fauna Increase Betula pendula Growth: Laboratory Experiments With Coniferous Forest Floor |journal=Ecology |volume=72 |issue=2 |pages=665–671 |jstor=2937206 |doi=10.2307/2937206|bibcode=1991Ecol...72..665S }}

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The larvae of a large number of species of butterflies, moths, and other insects feed on the leaves and other parts of the silver birch.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title=HOSTS – a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants [Data set] |date=2023 | location = London, England | publisher = Natural History Museum |doi=10.5519/havt50xw |access-date=2014-05-29 | vauthors = Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM }} In Germany, almost 500 species of insects have been found on silver and downy birch including 106 beetles and 105 lepidopterans, with 133 insect species feeding almost exclusively on birch.{{cite journal | vauthors = Brändle M, Brandl R |year=2001 |title=Species richness of insects and mites on trees: expanding Southwood |journal=Journal of Animal Ecology |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=491–504 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00506.x |doi-access=free |bibcode=2001JAnEc..70..491B }} Birch dieback disease can affect planted trees, while naturally regenerated trees seem less susceptible.{{cite web |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/native-trees/downy-birch/ |title=Birch, downy (Betula pubescens) |publisher=Woodland Trust |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220143319/http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/native-trees/downy-birch/ |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=dead }} This disease also affects B. pubescens and in 2000 was reported at many of the sites planted with birch in Scotland during the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/infd-67uerg |title=Dieback of birch |publisher= Forestry Commission |access-date=10 May 2016}} In the United States, the wood is attacked by the bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius), an insect pest to which it has no natural resistance.

Betula pendula is considered a species of least concern by the IUCN Red List. The synonym Betula oycowiensis (as B. oycoviensis) was previously listed on the Red List as vulnerable,{{citation |title=Betula oycoviensis in IUCN 2009 | vauthors = Boratynski A |work=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |year=1998}} though it is now considered a synonym of B. pendula subsp. pendula. B. szaferi was previously considered extinct in the wild on the Red List, but is now considered a form of B. pendula with the presence of a mutant gene, causing it to grow weakly and fruit heavily.

{{See also|Birch bark|Curly birch}}

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The silver birch is Finland's national tree.{{cite web|title=Suomen kansallistunnukset (Finland's national emblems) |year=2005 | vauthors = Anttila K |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/webweaver/tunnus.html|access-date=2014-05-30}} Leafy, fragrant bunches of young silver birch boughs (called vihta or vasta) are used to gently beat oneself while bathing in the Finnish sauna.{{cite web |title=Perinteinen saunavihta (Traditional sauna vihta) |publisher=Visit sauna |url=http://www.visitsauna.fi/fi/sauna/saunavihta/saunavihta |access-date=2014-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102041416/http://www.visitsauna.fi/fi/sauna/saunavihta/saunavihta |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=dead |language=fi}} Silver birch is often planted in parks and gardens, grown for its white bark and gracefully drooping shoots, sometimes even in warmer-than-optimum places such as Los Angeles and Sydney. In Scandinavia and other regions of northern Europe, it is grown for forest products such as lumber and pulp, as well as for aesthetic purposes and ecosystem services. It is sometimes used as a pioneer and nurse tree elsewhere.

Silver birch wood is pale in colour with a light reddish-brown heartwood and is used in making furniture, plywood, veneers, parquet blocks, skis, and kitchen utensils, and in turnery. It makes a good firewood, but is quickly consumed by the flames. Slabs of bark are used for making roof shingles and strips are used for handicrafts such as bast shoes and small containers. Historically, the bark was used for tanning. Bark can be heated and the resin collected; the resin is an excellent waterproof glue and useful for starting fires. The thin sheets of bark that peel off young wood contain a waxy resin and are easy to ignite even when wet. The dead twigs are also useful as kindling for outdoor fires.{{cite web |url=http://www.woodstovewizard.com/firewood-types-silver-birch.html |title=Firewood types: silver birch | vauthors = Cox MD |publisher=WoodstoveWizard.com |access-date=2014-05-29}} The removal of bark was at one time so widespread that Carl Linnaeus expressed his concern for the survival of the woodlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.nordicwellbeing.com/Julies_Kitchen/2011/01/09/bark-bread-is-back/ |title=Bark Bread is back |date=2011-01-09 |work=Nordic Wellbeing | vauthors = Lindahl J |access-date=2011-07-21}}

Birch brushwood is used for racecourse jumps and besom brooms. In the spring, large quantities of sap rise up the trunk and this can be tapped. It contains around 1% sugars and can be used in a similar way to maple syrup, being drunk fresh, concentrated by evaporation, or fermented into a "wine".

The outer part of the bark contains up to 20% betulin. The main components in the essential oil of the buds are α-copaene (~10%), germacrene D (~15%), and δ-cadinene (~13%).{{cite journal | vauthors = Demirci B, Paper DH, Demirci F, Can Başer KH, Franz G | title = Essential Oil of Betula pendula Roth. Buds | journal = Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | pages = 301–303 | date = December 2004 | pmid = 15841263 | pmc = 538512 | doi = 10.1093/ecam/neh041 }} Also present in the bark are other triterpene substances which have been used in laboratory research to identify its possible biological properties.{{cite journal | vauthors = E Kovac-Besović E, Durić K, Kalodera Z, Sofić E | title = Identification and isolation of pharmacologically active triterpenes in Betuale cortex, Betula pendula Roth., Betulaceae | journal = Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 31–38 | date = February 2009 | pmid = 19284392 | pmc = 5645545 | doi = 10.17305/bjbms.2009.2853 }}

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Standardized allergen extract, white birch, sold under the brand name Itulatek, is indicated for the treatment of allergy to tree pollen from birch, alder and/or hazel and have allergic rhinitis (with or without conjunctivitis).{{cite web | title=Regulatory Decision Summary – Itulatek | website=Health Canada | date=23 October 2014 | url=https://hpr-rps.hres.ca/reg-content/regulatory-decision-summary-detail.php?linkID=RDS00632 | access-date=7 June 2022}}{{cite web | title=Itulatek Product information | website=Health Canada | date=25 April 2012 | url=https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/info.do?lang=en&code=98787 | access-date=7 June 2022}}

The combination of Betula pendula/Betula pubescens is used to treat epidermolysis bullosa.{{cite web | title=Filsuvez EPAR | website=European Medicines Agency (EMA) | date=13 April 2022 | url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/filsuvez | access-date=6 July 2022 | archive-date=6 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706033550/https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/filsuvez | url-status=live }} Text was copied from this source which is copyright European Medicines Agency. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged. The combination of these is also used to make Episalvan gel, which is used to treat wounds in upper layers of the skin.{{cite journal | vauthors = Rastogi S, Pandey MM, Kumar Singh Rawat A | title = Medicinal plants of the genus Betula--traditional uses and a phytochemical-pharmacological review | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | volume = 159 | pages = 62–83 | date = January 2015 | pmid = 25449458 | pmc = 7126499 | doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2014.11.010 }}

Leaf extracts of Betula pendula have been used to treat both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The extracts inhibit cell growth and cell division of the activated T lymphocytes by inducing apoptosis in the cell. This causes a decrease in inflammation caused by arthritis.{{cite journal | vauthors = Gründemann C, Gruber CW, Hertrampf A, Zehl M, Kopp B, Huber R | title = An aqueous birch leaf extract of Betula pendula inhibits the growth and cell division of inflammatory lymphocytes | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | volume = 136 | issue = 3 | pages = 444–451 | date = July 2011 | pmid = 21619918 | doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2011.05.018 | series = Immunomodulators }}

Betula pendula and Betula pubescens have the potential to treat cancer because of anti-carcinogenic properties. These buds contain stantin and cirsimaritin. Santin is a flavonol that expresses anti-inflammatory characteristics, which suppresses genes associated with cancer. Both santin and cirsimaritin induce apoptosis of cancer cells.{{cite journal | vauthors = Szoka L, Nazaruk J, Stocki M, Isidorov V | title = Santin and cirsimaritin from Betula pubescens and Betula pendula buds induce apoptosis in human digestive system cancer cells | journal = Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | volume = 25 | issue = 24 | pages = 11085–11096 | date = December 2021 | pmid = 34755444 | pmc = 8650031 | doi = 10.1111/jcmm.17031 }} Betula pendula bark extracts inhibit growth of in vitro malignant human cell lines: skin epidermoid carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, cervix adenocarcinoma, and breast adenocarcinoma. Betula pendula bark extract is also effective for treating actinic keratosis.{{cite journal | vauthors = Rastogi S, Pandey MM, Kumar Singh Rawat A | title = Medicinal plants of the genus Betula--traditional uses and a phytochemical-pharmacological review | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | volume = 159 | pages = 62–83 | date = January 2015 | pmid = 25449458 | pmc = 7126499 | doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2014.11.010 }}

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Successful birch cultivation requires a climate cool enough for at least the occasional winter snowfall. As they are shallow-rooted, they may require water during dry periods. They grow best in full sun planted in deep, well-drained soil.{{cite book |title=Botanica's Trees & Shrubs |year=1999 |publisher=Laurel Glen Publishing | location = San Diego, Calif. |page=139 |isbn=978-1-57145-649-6 }}

• 'Carelica' or "curly birch" is called visakoivu in Finland. The wood is hard and burled throughout; it is prized for its decorative appearance and is used in wood-carving and as veneer.{{cite web |title=Betula pendula var. carelica – curly birch |date=24 April 2013 |url=http://www.mustila.fi/en/plants/betula/pendula/carelica |publisher=Arboretum Mustila |access-date=2014-11-12 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218003605/http://www.mustila.fi/en/plants/betula/pendula/carelica |url-status=dead }}
• 'Laciniata' {{smallcaps|agm}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91605/Betula-pendula-Laciniata/Details

| title = Betula pendula 'Laciniata' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}} (commonly misidentified as 'Dalecarlica') has deeply incised leaves and weeping branches

• 'Purpurea' has dark purple leaves{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – Betula pendula 'Purpurea'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/97920/i-Betula-pendula-i-Purpurea/Details |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=2014-11-12}}
• 'Tristis' {{smallcaps|agm}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/92577/Betula-pendula-Tristis/Details

| title = Betula pendula 'Tristis' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}} has an erect trunk with weeping branchlets

• 'Youngii' has dense, twiggy, weeping growth with no central leader and requires being grafted onto a standard stem of normal silver birch.{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – Betula pendula 'Youngii'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/92990/i-Betula-pendula-i-Youngii/Details |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=2014-11-12}}

The cultivars marked {{smallcaps|agm}} above have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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• [http://www.euforgen.org/species/betula-pendula/ Betula pendula] – distribution map, genetic conservation units and related resources. European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN)
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pendula

Category:Flora of Europe

Category:Trees of Europe

Category:Trees of Russia

Category:Trees of humid continental climate

Category:National symbols of Finland

Category:Trees of continental subarctic climate

Category:Plants described in 1788

Category:Taxa named by Albrecht Wilhelm Roth