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Betula utilis
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Betula
Species: utilis
Common name: Himalayan Birch
Betula utilis
For us the magnetic pull of this birch is in its peeling bark which unfurls in papery layers.
In the wild the bark colour ranges from white to our favourite, a deep rich chocolate brown spliced with gold. It's impossible to walk by without running your hand over the trunk which is tantalisingly smooth.
The white barked varieties are the easiest to get hold of from garden centres, named var. jacquemontii after the 19th Century French explorer and botanist Victor Jacquemont famous for his explorations in Kashmir and the Himalyas.
Betula utilis at a glance
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