The deciduous red or river birch (Betula occidentalis) has smooth coppery bark highlighted with white lenticels ... this tree is highly symmetrical and requires little pruning even after it ...

And why are trees painted white? It's possible you've seen trees painted different colors before, and usually they all mean a very specific ... causing the bark to split. Going from cold winter ...

For centuries, many have relied on white willow bark as a natural solution to pain and inflammation. Within the bark of the white willow tree is a compound ... found it to be very effective ...

The center of a tree ... very active. It generates new xylem cells on one side, adding to the woody center, and on the other side it generates new phloem cells (the inner bark), which carry ...

California native white alder (Alnus rhombifolia). Its whitish to ash gray bark is marked with captivating eye-shaped scars, indications of where branches were once attached. When given ample space, ...