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Betula pendula · wildlife atlas entry

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Betula pendula , commonly known as silver birch , warty birch or East Asian white birch , is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into Siberia, China and southwest Asia in the mountains of northern Turkey, the Caucasus and northern Iran. It has been introduced into North America, where it is known as the European white... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

silver birch — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Полина Яковлевна Нехаева (Лихачева), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Полина Яковлевна Нехаева (Лихачева) · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Betula pendula
Rank	species
Community observations	80,582 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Fagales › family Betulaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Station Road, Winchburgh, Broxburn, UK
(c) Nick Cowan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Östermalm, Stockholm, Sverige
(c) Magnus Stenmark, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Huesca, ES-AR, ES
(c) Mónica Ara Ara, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Ermita de Santa Elena, Biescas, Huesca, ES
(c) luciacantero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-20 · Северо-Западный административный округ, Москва, Россия
(c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-20 · Северо-Западный административный округ, Москва, Россия
(c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-20 · Северо-Западный административный округ, Москва, Россия
(c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

silver birch photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-20 · Северо-Западный административный округ, Москва, Россия
(c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

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