Birch Tree Facts

'Growth' and 'Renewal' (Celts), 'Meekness', 'Protection', 'Inception', 'New Beginnings'.

Birches can be tapped in spring to obtain a sugary 'wine'.

Silver Birch is also known as 'Lady of the Woods'.

Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherers, in what is now North Yorkshire, used the waxy resins of their barks as a glue to attach their arrowheads to the shafts. Pieces of dry bark can burn very hot and are useful even today for firelighting when camping.

Britain's tallest Birch at 80ft is at Gray House in Liff, Angus, Scotland.