Leaves and Catkin of Betula Alba Small 130×320 Medium 260×640 Large 416×1024 Download Tiff Original 975×2400 | (1.0 MB) Description The common names of betula alba are silver, white, or common birch. The flower is whitish and blooms in February and March. Birch is a small shrub in the extreme north but a fifty to sixty feet high tree in middle regions. Keywords Betula alba, birch, common birch, shrub, silver birch, tree, White Birch Galleries Flowers and Shrubs: B Source: Nicholson, George The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Div. VI (London, England: L. Upcott Gill, 1884)
