tree bark
Woody outer layer
Tree bark is the rough outer covering of a tree trunk and branches—the protective layer that shields the living tissue beneath.
Bark varies widely in texture, from the papery peeling of birch to the deeply furrowed ridges of oak.
The kids carved their initials into the tree bark.
- corkTree bark bottle seal
- trunkMain stem or storage
- rindTough outer covering
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- scaleMeasure of relative size
tannins · deciduous · quinine · hardwood · peeling · flake · periderm · outer · gnarled · cortex · papery · ethnobotany · texture · layer · protective layer · oak · scratchy · woody
- Deciduous Forestmaple, beech, birch, hickory, walnut
- forest debrisdead leaves, twigs, pine needles, fallen logs, rotting logs
- Hemlock Forestwestern hemlock, understory, forest floor, old growth, shade plants
- Redwoodscoast redwood, coastal redwoods, redwood forest, Redwood National Park, sequoias
- woodpecker habitatsnags, rotting wood
- forestpine, oak, woods, wood, leaves