Photo © Carl Farmer |
A common tree in woodland and beside burns. Also isolated specimens or small clumps in open moorland. Tree c 4-20 m tall. Leaves c 2-4 cm long. ID: Leaves as in picture below, irregularly toothed but not with clear primary and secondary teeth as in Silver Birch. Other features: Female catkins borne singly along the twigs, male ones at the ends of the twigs, often in pairs making conspicuous V-shapes on the winter tree. Bark silvery, turning a rich copper colour in patches. Branches not drooping like Silver Birch, though some may have a downward drift. |
