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where are they from, what is their origin?

Critically endangered species - why this category? The article is about the genus, not about the species, and only some species of the genus are endangered (even critically), so this category belongs to the species. For example silver birch (Betula pendula) is very common in the whole Europe and large part of Russia. 62.209.237.4 21:22, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, this was caused by the {{StatusCritical}} template next to one of the species in the list. It was removed. SCHZMO ✍ 12:00, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Whilst extracting some info from the Bioata infobox, for a major international broadcaster, I find that this page and some others (Begonia Crassula Ficus Epilobium Birch Oak Willow) contain a link in the infobox, under the genus name, to an individual. Would it be possible to place that elsewhere? At the moment, info-agents reading the page (and less-educated humans such as myself) might think the "L" was the name of the Genus, and follow the hyperlink to the individual whilst expecting a link to the genus page. If the 'birch' page is the page for a genus, this is even stranger...

Just a thought. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.144.120 (talk) 14:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pioneer confusion

So are birches pioneer species or not? The current page bluntly claims both, making it unclear. -68.148.30.86 (talk) 03:26, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

why mention Sami people group?

This is a fine article on many aspects of the Birch species. But why mention it is a preferred wood of the Sami people? It is prized by Tlinkit and Haida Native Alaskan people groups also, and I'm sure many, many others as well. Why start a list of all indiginous people groups who prefer to use birchwood over other woods?

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 So are birches pioneer species or not?  The current page bluntly claims both, making it unclear. -[[Special:Contributions/68.148.30.86|68.148.30.86]] ([[User talk:68.148.30.86|talk]]) 03:26, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
+== why mention Sami people group? ==
+This is a fine article on many aspects of the Birch species.  But why mention it is a preferred wood of the Sami people?  It is prized by Tlinkit and Haida Native Alaskan people groups also, and I'm sure many, many others as well.  Why start a list of all indiginous people groups who prefer to use birchwood over other woods?