EPPO Global Database

Betula pendula(BETPE)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BETPE
  • Preferred name: Betula pendula
  • Authority: Roth

Notes

Practically all Europe, Black Sea and Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Mongolia. Cultivated as an ornamental tree, with many varieties. Introduced in North America, where weeping and cut-leaved forms are grown as ornamentals, and the species is considered to be potentially invasive


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Betula verrucosa Ehrhart

Common names
Name Language
clump birch English
common birch English
European white birch English
silver birch English
gemeine Birke German
gewöhnliche Birke German
Hänge-Birke German
Harz-Birke German
Rauh-Birke German
Sand-Birke German
Trauer-Birke German
Warzen-Birke German
Weiß-Birke German
arbre de la sagesse French
bech French
biole French
bois à balais French
boulard French
bouleau blanc French
bouleau pendant French
bouleau pleureur French
bouleau verruqueux French
brel French
abedul Spanish
abedul blanco Spanish
abedul común Spanish
abedul de ramas colgantes Spanish
albar Spanish
bedul Spanish
barancio Italian
betulla bianca Italian
betulla commune Italian
betulla glabra Italian
betulla pendente Italian
betulla verrucosa Italian
haagberk Dutch
ruwe berk Dutch
treurberk Dutch
zilverberk Dutch
bétula Portuguese
vidoeiro Portuguese
vidoeiro Portuguese
vårtbjörk Swedish
берёза бородавчатая Russian
берёза повислая Russian
берёза поникшая Russian
vorte-birk Danish
låglandsbjørk Norwegian
rauduskoivu Finnish
adi huş Turkish
huş ağacı Turkish
brzoza brodawkowata Polish
brzoza zwisła Polish
bibircses nyír Hungarian
közönséges nyír Hungarian
mështeknë Albanian
abedul blanco Aragonese
albar Aragonese
bedul Aragonese
urkia Basque
urki dilindaria Basque
бяла бреза Bulgarian
обикновена бреза Bulgarian
bedoll comú Catalan
chuí Chinese
chuí zhī huà Chinese
垂枝桦 Chinese
obična breza Croatian
viseća breza Croatian
bříza bělokorá Czech
bříza bradavičnatá Czech
arukask Estonian
σημύδα κρεμοκλαδής Greek
Σημύδα κρεμοκλαδής ή Θηλώδης Greek
āra bērzs Latvian
karpotasis beržas Lithuanian
bedoué Occitan
bedouret Occitan
bedoùt Occitan
bedoutch Occitan
bès Occitan
betulă Romanian
mesteacan Romanian
mesteacan Romanian
mesteacăn Romanian
бела бреза Serbian
breza previsnutá Slovak
navadna breza Slovene
береза повисла Ukrainian
bedwen arian Welsh