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Definition of Betula pendula
1. Noun. European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches.
Group relationships: Betula, Genus Betula
Generic synonyms: Birch, Birch Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betula Pendula
Literary usage of Betula pendula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"... which had been published in Germany, as a distinct species, under the name of
Betula pendula. And in the various editions of the ' British Flora,' we ..."
2. The Canadian Forester's Illustrated Guide by Jean-Charles Chapais (1885)
"Branch, leaves and seed— 43 Betula pendula laciniata—Cut-leaved weeping-birch
129 Betula pendula laciniata—seeds and calkin of weeping birch . ..."
3. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"... sharply toothed over a generally six-notched margin, more gracefully curved
in contour than those of Betula pendula. Pistillate catkins f-ij inches long ..."
4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1888)
"Betula pendula laciniata. Cut leaved weeping birch. One of the best of all weeping
or pendulous trees, with finely dissected leaves and white bark. ..."
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