Downy Birch
West Scotland, UK
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Downy birch tree planted in Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, Scotland
Planted by Adam Nodwell through Trees not Tees
Betula pubescens, commonly known as downy birch and also as moor birch, white birch, European white birch or hairy birch, is a species of deciduous tree, native and abundant throughout northern Europe and northern Asia, growing farther north than any other broadleaf tree.
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