Betula celtiberica, the Iberian white birch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Betulaceae, native to Great Britain, northwestern Spain and Portugal. In Spain is it often found on north-facing valley slopes, forming mixed mesic forests with the common beech Fagus sylvatica. Some authors, particularly in Britain, treat it as a subspecies of Betula pubescens (downy birch), with the suggestion that it is a stabilised hybrid between that and Betula pendula (silver birch).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Iberian White Birch being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Betula pubescens
- Betula platyphylla
- Betula pendula
- Betula raddeana
- Betula neoalaskana
- Betula occidentalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Betulaceae
- Genus
- Betula
- Species
- Betula celtiberica
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