The main food plant of the hazel leaf beetle is the silver birch.
A silver birch, burnt then chopped at with an ax, still looking a bit like a silver birch.
The silver birch is a very ornamental tree with many named varieties.
The trees were extraordinarily tall and slender, the white of the silver birch contrasting with the warm russets of the pine.
Flora The tree canopy is dominated by mature silver birch with occasional oak and rowan.
