Betula pubescens Ehrh.
(Downy Birch)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)
Genus	Betula (birches)
Family	BETULACEAE (birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Betula pubescens is also a member of:
Trees with bark of pH 3.8-5.8 - very acid-barked trees (via Betula)
Trees with bark of low pH - acid-barked trees (via Trees with bark of pH 3.8-5.8)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Trees with bark of low pH)
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Betulaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Fagales)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Records of Betula pubescens (Downy Birch) :
1: Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)
9 Jun 2001	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England

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2: Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)
8 Apr 2001	OSGR: SP50	51° 40’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Oxon (VC 23)	England


3: Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)
8 Apr 2000	OSGR: SU46	51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England


4: Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)
27 May 1979	OSGR: SU94	51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England

Betula pubescens (Downy Birch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Betula
(birches)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Betula pubescens (Downy Birch)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Betula pubescens is also a member of:

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