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Another Silver Birch Tree Reduction in Cambridge
MG Tree Services
Here we reduced a silver birch tree after the sap had finished rising.
The customer wanted more light in the garden while keeping the sides for privacy purposes. This involved reduction to decent growth points and in some places pollarding.
We kept as much wood as we could for their outdoor chimenea
BEFORE: Silver Birch Tree Reduction in Cambridge
Photograph by MG Tree Surgery Cambridge
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AFTER: Silver Birch Tree Reduction in Cambridge
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About Silver Birch Trees
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white 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 birch. It is considered invasive in some states in the United States and parts of Canada. The tree can also be found in more temperate regions of Australia.
The silver birch is a medium-sized deciduous tree that owes its common name to the white peeling bark on the trunk. The twigs are slender and often pendulous and the leaves are roughly triangular with doubly serrate margins and turn yellow in autumn before they fall. The flowers are catkins and the light, winged seeds get widely scattered by the wind.
The silver birch is a hardy tree, a pioneer species, and one of the first trees to appear on bare or fire-swept land. Many species of birds and animals are found in birch woodland, the tree supports a wide range of insects and the light shade it casts allows shrubby and other plants to grow beneath its canopy.
It is planted decoratively in parks and gardens and is used for forest products such as joinery timber, firewood, tanning, racecourse jumps, and brooms. Various parts of the tree are used in traditional medicine. The bark contains triterpenes, which have been shown to have medicinal properties.
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