Text Box: Text Box: TREE BARK ID Text Box: RALEIGH AREA NATIVE TREES

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Text Box: This site is devoted to the documentation of tree species that occur in natural areas around Raleigh NC. Many of the species can be found in the surrounding piedmont region. Photographs of tree bark are found here. Also photos of saplings, leaves, and twigs or other notable characteristics are included. Click on the pictures to go to bark pages. Text Box: Smooth to somewhat smooth with inconsistent markings. Text Box: Ridges in long vertical breaks or cracks that created a lined appearance. Text Box: Bark that pulls off in long thin hard pieces, or that could be considered peely, papery, or splintery. Text Box: Ridged strips, that are raised, scaly, platy, or diamond patterned. Text Box: Smooth Text Box: Shaggy Text Box: Lined/Ridged Text Box: Ridged
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