Common North American trees identified by bark texture and overall growth habit, a winter-friendly companion to the leaf shape deck.
About this set
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.
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Paper birch (white birch)
- Dark bark with loose, shaggy strips hanging away from the trunk.
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Shagbark hickory
- Light gray bark breaking into rectangular blocks or plates.
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White oak
- Deep furrows and ridges forming dark gray, deeply textured bark.
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Sugar maple
- Smoother than sugar maple, but with ridges and a lighter gray color.
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Red oak
- Very smooth gray bark with thin lines resembling claw marks.
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American beech
- Pale gray bark that flakes and peels away in irregular patches.
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Silver maple
- Bark with a diamond-shaped ridge pattern resembling a chain-link fence.
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Ash tree
- Mottled patches of white, gray, and brown bark that constantly sheds.
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American sycamore (buttonwood)
- Thick, deeply furrowed, blocky dark bark on a large coniferous tree.
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Eastern white pine
- Thin reddish-brown bark that sheds in small scales and flakes.
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Larch (tamarack)
- Reddish-brown bark that shreds into long, stringy fibers.
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Eastern red cedar (Thuja)
- Broad, spreading canopy with drooping branch tips and feathery foliage.
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Eastern hemlock
- Cork-like ridges or wings running along the small branches.
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Winged elm (cork elm)
- Very dark, deeply furrowed bark with fine ridges throughout.
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Black walnut