Actually, I've not even seen a silver birch tree since i got to Australia 10 years ago, so unless it can be found in the mountains, who knows.
The sherry sounds really nice, sitting by the fire with a good book and a good sized sherry.. LOL
Snakes don't scare me, or the big spiders that are bigger than your hand, but the two inch cockroaches and the 12 inch centipedes freak me out. LOL