A recent report in the scientific journal Nature Genetics 49: 904–12 (May 2017), doi:10.1038/ng.3862, disclosed the results of genomic DNA sequencing and analysis of Betula pendula, the silver birch ...

THE elegant silver birch tree in my back garden helps define the changing seasons. Nut and seed-filled feeders currently hang from its leafless pendulous boughs, providing sustenance for wild birds ...

If you decided to replace your tree the common Silver Birch (Betula Pendula) will grow to a height of thirty five to forty feet but, there are other smaller species such as Betula Pendula Youngii and ...

A new study sequences the genomes of 80 silver birch trees, a tree that has not been studied much by scientists despite its commercial value for papermaking, construction, furniture-building and more.

I grew up with birch trees just outside the window. They jutted from the remains of a turn-of-the-century rockery, which separated the drive from the lawn. When we arrived in the 1970s, the garden had ...

Silver birches are among the best trees for small gardens since they never produce too dense a canopy and their root systems are unlikely to shift foundations. That said, always make sure they are ...

The ideal tree for the small courtyard or townhouse garden, Young’s birch has an attractive umbrella shape that allows it to fit perfectly at the side of a pond or flower bed. It can also be grown ...

A good wash and brush up is not something that need be reserved for gentlemen in those early 20th-century films and novels where Brylcreem was de rigeur and a pair of whalebone hairbrushes were ...

With the help of trees, microplastic-polluted soils could be remediated. For the first time, researchers at IGB have shown that birch trees absorb microplastics through their roots during the growth ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forests of silver birch stretch across Europe, and they are a wonder to behold: stands of slender, white-barked trees sheltering vast swathes of earth. But these woodlands also have ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Forests of silver birch stretch across Europe, and they are a wonder to behold: stands of slender, white-barked trees sheltering vast swathes of earth. But these woodlands also have ...