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Nature · General · Game Night and Road Trips

Tree Identification by Bark and Growth Habit

Common North American trees identified by bark texture and overall growth habit, a winter-friendly companion to the leaf shape deck.

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31 basic cards for General Nature. It opens with "Pale white or cream-colored bark that peels in thin, papery sheets" and "Dark bark with loose, shaggy strips hanging away from the trunk". More Game Night and Road Trips decks are listed below.

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Pale white or cream-colored bark that peels in thin, papery sheets.
Show answerPaper birch (white birch)
Dark bark with loose, shaggy strips hanging away from the trunk.
Show answerShagbark hickory
Light gray bark breaking into rectangular blocks or plates.
Show answerWhite oak
Deep furrows and ridges forming dark gray, deeply textured bark.
Show answerSugar maple
Smoother than sugar maple, but with ridges and a lighter gray color.
Show answerRed oak
Very smooth gray bark with thin lines resembling claw marks.
Show answerAmerican beech
Pale gray bark that flakes and peels away in irregular patches.
Show answerSilver maple
Bark with a diamond-shaped ridge pattern resembling a chain-link fence.
Show answerAsh tree
Mottled patches of white, gray, and brown bark that constantly sheds.
Show answerAmerican sycamore (buttonwood)
Thick, deeply furrowed, blocky dark bark on a large coniferous tree.
Show answerEastern white pine
Thin reddish-brown bark that sheds in small scales and flakes.
Show answerLarch (tamarack)
Reddish-brown bark that shreds into long, stringy fibers.
Show answerEastern red cedar (Thuja)
Broad, spreading canopy with drooping branch tips and feathery foliage.
Show answerEastern hemlock
Cork-like ridges or wings running along the small branches.
Show answerWinged elm (cork elm)
Very dark, deeply furrowed bark with fine ridges throughout.
Show answerBlack walnut

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