Betula pendula
Family : Betulaceae
Silver Birch
74/119 : Native
Many of the records will be for deliberate plantings, either single trees in gardens or as rows in streets. On the old railway land in Marfleet and the south west of the city, extensive woods have developed spontaneously. It is regenerating well from seed.

Herbarium material: HLU : Cottingham 1953 {C Wilson}. HLL : Hessle 1953 {A K Wilson}.

R Middleton 2000

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