This common tree, with its silver-white bark, is favoured by both landscapers and gardeners.

Size- Silver Birch is a striking, medium-sized deciduous tree and can reach 30 m in height, forming a light canopy with elegant, drooping branches. The white bark sheds layers like tissue paper and becomes black and rugged at the base.

Where to find it-Silver Birch is a popular garden tree and often hybridises with our other native Birch, the Downy Birch, It is also tolerant to a range of temperatures.

Value to wildlife- Birch woods have a light, open canopy, providing the perfect conditions for grasses, mosses, bluebells and violets to grow. Silver Birch provides food and habitat for more than 300 insect species, the leaves attracting aphids which provide food for ladybirds and other species further up the food chain.