Betula pendula Roth

Silver Birch

Minimum height	1000
Maximal height	2500
Life form	MM
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	C
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Ph
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Ph_scap

Chromosome number	28
Ploidy level	diploid

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	H
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	8.3
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	EUA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	E

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	7
EIV T	x
EIV K	x
EIV F	x
EIV R	x
EIV N	x
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	3
WZ-scale	4
RZ-scale	0
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	1-2
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	2-3
NS-scale	0,2-3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	4
WB-scale	5
RB-scale	4
NB-scale	4
LB-scale	7
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	1955.867
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	423.712
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	13.693
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.337
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	142.833

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.