white bark

Aspen tree feature

White bark is bark that is white or pale in color, as found on certain trees like birches and aspens.

The term appears most often as an adjective modifying tree names: white bark pine, white bark maple.

As a compound, whitebark typically describes species where pale bark is a defining characteristic: The whitebark pine grows at high elevations.

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pale · papery · peeling · smooth · ghostly · ghost trees · silver · trunk · forest · grove · tree stand · beech · poplar · silver birch · winter · snow · luminous · eucalyptus

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Opposites
tree identification by bark type

white barkoak bark

Outer layer of hardwood

cherry bark · pine bark · cedar bark · hickory bark · elm bark

Family

white, bark, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whiteness, whites

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G