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[[File:Matěj Čadil - Brethil.jpg|thumb|200px|''Brethil'' by [[Matěj Čadil]]]]
'''[[Wikipedia:Birch|Birches]]''' were smooth-barked forest trees that grew in [[The Shire|the Shire]]<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 1.03.053}}</ref>, [[Dimrill Dale]]<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 2.06.008}}</ref>, [[Fangorn Forest]]<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 3.04.111}}</ref>, and [[Emyn Muil]].<ref>{{Cite DTP|LR 4.01.022}}</ref>

The [[Sindarin]] word for "birch" was ''[[hwinn]]'', while in [[Quenya]] was ''[[hwindë]]''.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 23</ref>

A "silver birch" in Sindarin was known as ''brethil''.<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 19, 23, 82</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''[[brethil (Sindarin word)|brethil]]''</ref> This consequently gave its name to the Forest of [[Brethil]].
== Portrayal in adaptations ==
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Wood of this tree can be foraged by ''Westfold'' foresters in [[Enedwaith]], [[Dunland]], and near the [[The Great River|the Great River]].<ref>{{LOTROW|Birch Branches|21 August 2025}}</ref>

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