CATTON ARBORETUM

Betula pendula Spider Alley

Common name: Twisted Birch

Year planted: 2011

Country of origin: Birch are common throughout most of Europe

Year introduced: A recent introduction

Description: Birch are a pioneer species making graceful trees with light airy foliage turning yellow in the autumn. Spider Alleys young branches are twisted when young and gradually straighten out to some extent. The older peeling bark is predominantly silver. The sap from birch can be used to make birch beer and also wine

what3words: trifling.crawling.exonerate
Tree number: 128
Betula pendula Spider Alley (Twisted Birch)