Common name
English: Downy birch
German: Gewöhnliche Moor-Birke
Portuguese: Vidoeiro
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fagales (32)
Family: Betulaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Betula (4)
Epithet: pubescens Ehrh. (9)
Variety: pubescens
Synonyms: Betula alba L., Betula aurea Steud.
alba => white
aurea => of golden colour, golden yellow
pubescens => downy, slightly hairy
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, yellow