White spots on your crepe myrtle tree may just look like light mold or lichen, but it may be a sign of a bigger issue that sinister and damaging.

Bark textures are relatively uniform by tree species and make a great visual marker for broad tree identification. Textures are divided into at least 18 types, from smooth (beech) to spiny (locust).

Green bark is found on trees and shrubs of many different, unrelated species. In Australia, young bottle trees of Queensland forest and scrubland have green bark that turns dark with age.

Alas for trees, their tender young skin, rich in phloem sucrose, is deer-nip, sheep-nip, rabbit-nip, squirrel-nip. A tree stripped of its bark is a dead tree and a deer, sheep, rabbit or squirrel will ...

News; Family; Ask Dr. Universe: Bark is like skin for trees, protecting them from outside invaders Mon., Oct. 28, 2024 A male pileated woodpecker pecks into a tree’s bark in search of insects to ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.