Rather slender, reddish twigs with medium-sized alternate buds. The twigs have small white pustules over their surface, in contrast to Downy Birch, which has downy twigs. Both species have characteristic white bark. Silver Birch is the more likely of teh two to be present as a hedge tree.
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