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6 Down: A little birch? It's leaves fall

I have H?L?

Any ideas ??

Halm is a botanical name for a stalk or stem but I can't find the link with birch.

Halm looks fine to me, rossim.
"The birch" is a punishment given with (usually) a bunch of bare twigs or stalks so
"A small birch" might be a single stalk - a halm

Thanks Jazzy.

I am not convinced - there is nothing in HALM to relate to the part of the clue "its leaves fall"
I'm leaning towards HILL where the letter L refers to leaf - but I'm still not confident at all !!
If the clue had the phrase "its leaves FELL" then I would be happy - a FELL is a HILL

We'll see !!

If the last word was "fell" then hill would fit.
A little "bircHIts" = HI
Leaves = LL

I will check what Brian Talbot has to say about it later on his website

He gives the answer as HILL !

Definition of FALL might include hill ?

a downward difference in height between parts of a surface.

synonyms: descent, declivity, slope, downward slope, downward slant, incline

Might the wordplay be;
shill - s, a shill a small birch, 's (it's) leaving ?