Tree of the month

[David oakman]

Belongs to the same family as Hornbeam and Hazel Betulaceae. does not live much past 80-100 years old.

In Scotland it is sometimes called Birk which is the commonest place-name prefix in Scotland.

 

I can not believe you typed all that poem out David you must be bored at work:lol:

[sean]

Belongs to the same family as Hornbeam and Hazel Betulaceae. does not live much past 80-100 years old.

In Scotland it is sometimes called Birk which is the commonest place-name prefix in Scotland.

 

I can not believe you typed all that poem out David you must be bored at work:lol:

 

Have you not heard of cut and paste Mr Oakman?

[sean]

Pollards, coppices, and rejuvinates life itself from the ashes of death.

 

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Great photo's David.....where were the pollards?

[Graham]

Pollards, coppices, and rejuvinates life itself from the ashes of death.

 

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What's the FB on third pic?

[Blakes 7]

It won the Grand National as a rank outsider!

[josharb87]

It won the Grand National as a rank outsider!

 

 

yeah 30-1 thank you very much mr bookmaker

[RobArb]

i remember last spring we "tapped" a relatively small silver birch and it gave us 1.5 litres of sap within 45 minutes... twas nice and cold on quite a warm day and very refreshing..!!

[David Humphries]

Great photo's David.....where were the pollards?

 

 

Basque

 

 

What's the FB on third pic?

 

 

 

Gano

 

 

 

 

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[sean]

Ecological relationships of birch

 

As pioneer species, one of the important functions which birch trees fulfil in ecosystems is that of improving soils. They are deep-rooted, and their roots draw up nutrients into their branches and leaves, which the trees use for their growth. Some of these nutrients are returned to the surface of the soil each year when the leaves fall in the autumn, thereby becoming available for other organisms in the forest community. An indication of the scale and significance of this nutrient cycling can be drawn from the estimate that birch trees will produce between 3 and 4 tonnes of leaf litter per hectare per year. In an undisturbed forest ecosystem, birches would be replaced by slower growing species such as oak and Scots pine, but in Scotland today this successional process has been interrupted in most places by human exploitation of the land.

[Bart]

Great thread Sean

 

Our biggest Silver Birch 10’ 2” CBH

 

Very similar is the Downy birch (Betula pubescens) the leaves are rounder, with hairier stems and leaf stalks.