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I have to confess not even knowing there was a ssp tortuosa in the Betula pubescens genus until this twisted tree was pointed out to us. The interesting features of this tree apart from the usual twisted trunks and branches is that it normally grows in mountains and that at some times of the year glands on the twigs exude a substance which give the tree a distinctive resinous smell.
Banks of River Tees, 21st June 2005
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