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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Betula pubescens</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>European birch</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Betula</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>European birch</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>European white birch</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>downy birch</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hairy birch</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of birch tree abundant throughout northern Europe, Iceland, northern Asia, and Greenland. It is a deciduous tree growing to over 60 feet tall (18 m), with a slender crown and a trunk, having smooth dull gray-white bark finely marked with dark horizontal lenticels. It is closely related to, and often confused with the silver birch. ]]></note></mads>