Cedric Pollet has visited an incredible 30 countries over 10 years on a mission to capture the beauty of tree bark on camera. The best of his 20,000 images of trees and bark up close shown in these ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ridges.

A melaleuca bark picture depicts the typical rural landscape of the southwestern Việt Nam. Photo courtesy of Lê Hoàng Nhân The southwestern region of Việt Nam is home to vast melaleuca forests with ...

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The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaves are the food factories of the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green ...

So often we choose a tree because of its flowers, leaves, fall color or its fruit. Often, we forget about the bark. However, on many trees, the bark is the most interesting part of the tree. This can ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Without legs, snakes must get creative to slither up trees, and new research suggests they use ...

Yes, you can eat tree bark as a safe and nutritious wild food–as long as you are using the right part of the bark from the right species of tree. And to clarify, we are not talking about the crusty, ...