Betula pubescens (species)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Plantae (kingdom) > Angiospermae (division) > Magnoliopsida (class) > Fagales (order) > Betulaceae (family) > Betula (genus)
Descripción
Species of birch tree abundant throughout northern Europe, Iceland, northern Asia, and Greenland. It is a deciduous tree growing to over 60 feet tall (18 m), with a slender crown and a trunk, having smooth dull gray-white bark finely marked with dark horizontal lenticels. It is closely related to, and often confused with the silver birch.
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Otros términos
- European birch (species) [en]
- downy birch (species) [en]
- European white birch (B. pubescens, species) [en]
- hairy birch [en]