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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.

Leaves and Catkin of Betula Alba

The common names of betula alba are silver, white, or common birch. The flower is whitish and blooms…

"Male and female catkins of Betula alba." -Lindley, 1853

White Birch

"Male and female catkins of Betula alba." -Lindley, 1853

This shows the pendulous strobiles, or fruit, of the White Birch, Betula populifolia, (Keeler, 1915).

White Birch Fruit

This shows the pendulous strobiles, or fruit, of the White Birch, Betula populifolia, (Keeler, 1915).