Expoplant - Acquista online: Betula pendula

The white birch is a "frugal" plant because it does not have special nutritional requirements, for this settles on bare land, devoid of vegetation.
Forms pure or mixed woods entering intercropping with deciduous and coniferous trees. Of special landscape effect are the groves made from white birch and oak.
The root system develops much, for which is used in the consolidation of unstable soils.
It does not tolerate heavy pruning and recurring.
It 'a pioneer species in forest glades is she to start the sequence.
It is often planted in forest nurseries to protect young trees.
The wood, light and flexible, but at the same time resistant, it is used and appreciated for multiple purposes: in the construction of slats for the barrels, furniture, plywood, toys and articles for the craft. It is also appreciated for the production of charcoal, medicinal ingredients with intestinal adsorbent action and inks. It burns without producing sparks that can spread with the wind.
It is extracted from the bark disinfectants oily substances for dermatological use, balsamic substances and polyols used in animal feed as an energy source.
Little appreciated by allergy sufferers for their pollen production.
Cultivated in North America as an ornamental plant.
It differs from the other to get the young birch branches hairless and typically pendulous.