<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31467665</termId><termName>Betula pubescens</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![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. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:05:55</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467668</termId><termName>downy birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467669</termId><termName>hairy birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467666</termId><termName>European birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31467667</termId><termName>European white birch</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31454693</termId><termName>Betula</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31470086</termId><termName>European birch</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>