Staring at tree bark doesn’t seem that exciting ... As I walked, I took note of the brick red undertone of oak trees and the smooth surface of paper birch, curling in great white sheets.

tree bark and crevices. Nowhere is the action busier than around native Quercus, or oak trees, a keystone genus teeming with more life than any other plant on earth. A native oak is a biodiversity ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to a southern oak found in Indiana, cherrybark oak. This species can typically be found in bottomland areas in extreme southern Indiana.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Have you ever noticed how much tree bark varies in texture, color and pattern? If your answer is “no,” I ...