With Scots Pine, Birch is our oldest British native tree after the Ice Age, they were the first to spread over the countryside. Birch also has a close relationship with Scots Pine, growing alongside them in Caledonian forests.
The male catkins are yellow in colour and usually hang in groups of two compared to the short, bright green female catkins.īirches have a symbiotic relationship with fungi and often develop large bracket fungi on their trunk, called Polypores. The birch is a monoecious tree meaning both male and female flowers are present on the same tree. With the combination of the golden yellow and orange hues the stand out show looks like the tree is on fire! The leaves start turning yellow in autumn giving a spectacular display. Bright green leaves emerge in April from red-purple buds and are pointed in an ‘arrowhead’ style and noticeably toothed. It's one of the shortest-lived native trees only living between 40-60 years and when young the bark appears redder, slowly changing white as the tree matures. It's especially good at taking over old industrial locations and is primarily associated with wet, boggy ground. Their trunks are pale in colour with black notches that create deep, diamond shaped fissures along the white bark.īirch is a pioneer species, which is usually one of the first to colonise a site. Silver Birch Trees are fast growing, attractive trees. Native words: Old Irish () Scots Gaelic (beithe) Old English (birce) Welsh (bedwen) eastern Celtic ().
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