<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Betula lenta</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31467702</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:05:56</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">birch, sweet</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">black birch</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cherry birch</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">mahogany birch</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">red birch</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">sweet birch</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of North American ornamental and timber tree, usually around 18 m (60 feet) in height; on poor soil it may be stunted and shrublike. The smooth, shiny, nonpeeling outer bark, red brown on younger stems, is almost black on older trunks and deeply furrowed into irregular scales. The twigs and inner bark smell and taste like wintergreen. The hard, close-grained wood is similar to that of yellow birch but denser and of deeper color. Sweet birch is a source of birch oil, formerly a substitute for oil of wintergreen. Birch beer is made from the sap. ]]></dc:description></metadata>