Hardy and slow growing, these birches are unusually sturdy, and their roots tenacious, enabling the trees to grow almost anywhere ​ — even horizontally from cliff faces!
यांची खोडे व फांद्या जोरदार वाऱ्‍यामुळे व अतिहिमवृष्टीमुळे वाकलेल्या व पिळदार दिसतात.