For a tree to be admired at a distance – as a lawn centrepiece, for example – white-stemmed birches are widely planted: Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii “Doorenbos”, for example, or for orange bark ...

Seeing a tree shed its bark in coils can be cause for alarm ... You may spot smooth bark in one color ranging from light brown to dark purple, or a trunk might look as though it's been painted ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

Hickory trees have dark gray or brown bark with deep patterned furrows that ... containing anywhere from 3 to 17 serrated ...