10 best trees with unusual bark for year-round interest – don't let bright blossoms and colorful foliage take all the glory in your yard. Story by Alison Jones • 4h.

When we spend time outdoors in deep cold, we often get red noses and chapped cheeks. In a young tree, sudden, deep cold can cause more severe damage: cracks in the bark. Such cracks, called frost c… ...

Ask Dr. Universe: Bark is like skin for trees, protecting them from outside invaders Mon., Oct. 28, 2024 A male pileated woodpecker pecks into a tree’s bark in search of insects to eat on Aug ...

In the Thuringian Forest or the Harz Mountains, dead spruce trees (Picea abies) dot the landscape like skeletons. Many have ...

A: When we see something weird growing on tree bark, it is usually algae, lichens, moss or fungi (or a combination of these). These can be gray, white, green or even orange.

The tree's eventual size, it's shape, the conditions it needs to grow well, and how much it offers in terms of autumn colour, flowers or fruit all play a part in the decision-making process.

But the tree has absorbed very little water — and it’s been soaking for over 15 hours.” That’s because you broke a cardinal rule, Greg — never remove any extra bark from a cut Christmas ...

Oh, deer, something is shredding lilac tree’s bark Originally published January 26, 2005 at 12:00 am Q: I have two lilac trees, 8 feet apart, probably about 10 years old, and each has multiple ...

Most people tend to overlook tree bark as rather uninteresting, at best. It’s too bad, because bark is a fascinating and often attractive plant “invention,” and is actually rather complex in ...