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 ...

These cracked fissures reveal the maturing inner bark, like redbuds flaking off to display orangish-brown layers ... cover ...

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