Listen to the bark of different species of trees We are going to learn how to identify trees by listening to the bark. Sound like a bunch of hooey? Well, it’s not. Bark can reveal a great deal about a tree, and this is just one more tool in your botanical arsenal that you can…
Beech bark is smooth and gray, but develops shallow horizontal grooves with age. The bark of a beech tree is smooth and gray when young, but with age it develops shallow horizontal grooves. These grooves are very shallow, so they may be hard to notice. You can identify a beech tree by looking for horizontal…
1. Arid Woodlands The first step to identifying a tree by its bark is to figure out whether you are dealing with a dead or living bark. When it comes to the texture of the bark, there are seven different types: smooth, flaky, fibrous, shallowly furrowed, deep furrowed and scaly. Often this texture varies from…
Black Spruce Black spruce (Picea mariana) is a small evergreen tree native to the boreal forest of North America. This coniferous species of tree grows in Canada and the northern United States. Black spruce grows at elevations under 2,600 feet and at latitudes above 40 degrees north. The bark is dark brown or black and…
Tree identification can be a fun way to learn more about what lives and grows all around you, even the trees in your back yard. When you are learning about tree identification you will begin to look at the trees in your yard, at your school, and at the local park in a whole new…
Tree identification can be done in many ways such as by looking at the leaves, the fruit, the seeds, and the bark. The bark is one of the most unique features of each species of tree. Each species has their very own type of bark, and although they may look similar to other species, when…