CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Auckland Park, in Bishop Auckland in County Durham, has a fine collection of venerable trees with beautiful bark patterns.  Hawthorn...

The success of London plane Planatus x hispanica as a street tree owes a lot to its propensity to slough off flakes of bark frequently, ...

Few trees reveal the way in which patterns in bark are formed as clearly as the white poplar Populus alba . It's upper branches are c...

The grey-brown bark of alder Alnus glutinosa isn't particular distinctive - unlike the wood within. Freshly-felled alder wood turns ...

When you think about it, the bark of a tree is pretty remarkable. It's the tree's self-healing protective layer, defending the thin ...