Betula alba 'Spider Alley'

Betula albosinensis (Chinese Red-Barked Birch)

Betula albosinensis (Chinese Red-Barked Birch) leaves

Betula albosinensis (Chinese Red-Barked Birch) bark.

Bright orange finely flaking or coarsely rolled up, rarely purplish-grey, orange and brown mixed.

Betula ermanii (Erman's Birch)

Betula ermanii (Erman's Birch) leaves. Grooved yellow petiole 2cm long and pubescent at first.

Betula ermanii (Erman's Birch) bark. Strikingly white in young trees. Older trees pink or dull pink.

Betula jacquemontii (Kashmir Birch)

Betula jacquemontii (Kashmir Birch). Ovate-acute leaf with only 7-9 veins and scarcely pubescent beneath.

Betula jacquemontii (Kashmir Birch).

Bark, in good forms the brighest white of any tree, shiny and smooth except for periodic shredding and renewal.

Betula papyrifera (Paper-Bark Maple)

Betula papyrifera (Paper-Bark Maple) leaves.  Leaves variable in size, 4-10cm long and rather thick. Normally very dark stout green. Hairy petiole 1.5 - 3cm long and putty knife shaped.

Betula papyrifera (Paper-Bark Maple) bark. Strongly marked with horizontal bands of lenticels.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch)

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) outside James Joyce Library UCD.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) foliage. These trees are being used for barrier planting.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch). Mature group of trees .

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) tree in winter.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) foliage and catkins.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) seed and young catkins.

Betula pendula (Silver Birch) foliage and bark.

Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)

Betula pubescens (Downy Birch). Note the shoot which is greyish red-purple in colour and cover in short, soft and shiny white hairs.

Betula utilis (Himalayan Birch)

Betula utilis (Himalayan Birch).

Leaves hard and often shiny dark green, ovate acuminate, rounded at base with 10-14 pairs of impressed veins.

Betula utilis (Himalayan Birch).

Bark variable, normally white with greyish patches.

Betula utilis (Himalayan Birch) used as screen planting in Belfield.