Birch, (Pendulous birch)

Height 100/120 cm

White birch (Pendulous birch) is a deciduous deciduous tree with white trunk and green heart leaves. Its leaves are serrated at the end. The white crust of the stem periodically falls on flakes. Its characteristic white color is due to the substance betulin, which is the only white dye existing in nature.

White birch has a very characteristic root system, in which the lateral roots are more – developed and long from the main ones. It grows best on gray and brown forest soils. In height reaches about 30 m. Men's inflorescences of white birch represents long hanging fringes, the feminine colors, are also collected in fringes, but they are ovoid or globular in shape. Except as a decorative wood, Birch is used in folk medicine to treat many diseases.