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21. Breza previsnutá ‘Dalecarlica’ (Betula pendula ‘Dalecarlica’)

Park Carla Gustava Swenssona v Žiline
(Foto: 30. 10. 2021)

The Ornäs birch, (Swedish Ornäsbjörk, Betula pendula ‘Dalecarlica’) is a variety of silver birch with deeply indented leaves. It is the national tree of Sweden. The original Ornäs birch was discovered in 1767 by Hans Gustaf Hiordt in the village of Ornäs, in the central Swedish province of Dalarna. Hiordt sent a description of the tree to the University of Uppsala botanist Carl Linnaeus. Cuttings were taken from the original tree, from which all Ornäs birch trees have been propagated. The tree fell in a storm on May 26, 1890. Two new trees were planted in its place, taken from cuttings of the original tree. At a later time a third one was added. The location of the trees is 60°31’15.0“N 15°32’35.5“E. In 1985, the Ornäs birch was named as the national tree of Sweden, and examples have been planted in central locations in many Swedish towns. In that same year, the first eight Betula pendula ‘dalecarlica’s were imported to Pretoria, South Africa, from a nursery in Germany, by an avid tree lover, Karl Ernst Haese.

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