In addition to leaves and flowers, you can look at a tree's bark to identify it. Discover which tree bark characteristics are worth a second look.

Are you looking for new trees for your yard? These trees all have beautiful bark.

Tree bark comes in a variety of shades of brown, gray and black, though many have a yellow, orange, red or green tinge. Texture matters. Some have smooth bark, while others have rough or furrowed ...

Liven up your winter landscape with trees and shrubs that provide textural interest and colorful bark in winter. Good examples include coral bark willow, purple osier or purple willow, 'Flame ...

ONCE trees lose their leaves they can still be a source of colour and inspiration, thanks to their unusual bark, and here are five of the best to grow in your own back garden.

Some eucalypti have blotched bark. Red ironbark has rich brown bark that is uniformly furrowed. Lemon gum (eucalyptus) and various birches have strikingly white bark. Lemon gum bark is smooth.

Bark serves as the skin of the tree, protecting the internal plumbing from disease or insect damage and helping stave off water loss. It can appear smooth, furrowed, plate-like, flaky, ridged, or ...

Each beetle got two opportunities on the same tree, one trial on rough bark and one on smooth bark. The results could not have been clearer—beetles explored on rough bark for five minutes, when that ...

Is it smooth, deeply ridged, shaggy or peeling? Beech trees have very smooth bark, cottonwoods have deep grooves, and shagbark hickory trees have large peeling bark. Look closely at the bark color.

Smooth and flaking: American sycamore (with white under bark), London plane tree (with yellowish under bark), middle aged red maples (gray often with bulls-eye pattern cracks.

If you’re planning a display of statement trees or are creating a tall barrier with trees for privacy, our experts recommend 10 of the best to plant with unusual bark that will bring eye-level ...

The most common North American tree is considered to be the red alder. It has oval-shaped leaves and reddish-brown bark.