Silver Birch (Betula pendula)

Family: Betulaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Brown. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring.Form: Oval, Pyramidal, Weeping.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Flowers, Sap/Syrup, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flavour. — Inner bark - cooked or dried and ground into a meal.; It can be added as a thickener to soups etc or can be mixed with flour for making bread, biscuits etc.; Inner bark is generally only seen as a famine food, used when other forms of starch are not available or are in short supply.; Sap - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Open woodland and heaths. Rarely found on chalk. (Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6)