Bark identification?

[Charlie Harley]

Is there a user friendly web site that has pictures of bark that can identify a tree without needing leaves? I do most of my woods walking in winter and here in Ohio that's when the leaves have fallen.

All help is glady accepted.

 

[Ed_McDonnell]

Charlie - Here's a site I ran across last year. It covers Northern European trees, so there may be a lot of similarity with what you find on your walks.

http://www.bomengids.nl/uk/hoofdsleutel.html

Ed

 

[Mark Mandell]

Here's one

http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/key/key1.htm#top

http://www.noble.org/imagegallery/index.html

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm

OK, so that's three, but I haven't checked them in a while to see if they're all operating. Delete what you can't use or doesn't work.

m

 

[MichaelMouse]

Leaves and fruit/seeds are the best, but if you're in an urban area, where a lot of exotics are planted or sneaking in, you may never come up with much that's worthwhile. Nursery sites are the place to go if you've got a common name or two to work with. Search the common, go to the nursery sites.

Bark tends to be a bit undifferentiated.

 

[Charlie Harley]

"Bark tends to be a bit undifferentiated."

That's what I'm finding. This bark is heavily gouged in vertical stripes. From the photos it could be anything from a poplar to a walnut.

Sounds like I might have to cut into it any way and see how pretty it is! :cool2:

 

[Ed_McDonnell]

There are other clues you can look at beside the bark. Buds, and any seed pods/nuts left on or around the tree.

The web site I listed in my previous post would allow you to differentiate between a poplar and a walnut without leaves in the winter time. Check it out.

Ed

 

[Charlie Knighton]

pocket book

i bought a pocket book i believe from amazon "Winter Tree Finder for identifying deciduous trees in Winter" by May Theilgaad Watts and Tom Watts they use twiggs, bark, buds, with illustrations

i find it very helpful and almost make a game out of it

 

[Barry Craven]

Wood ID.

HI Charlie try I joined, they provide a CD which links you to their web site, a wealth of info in one place.
Hope this helps.

 

[Barbara Gill]

Don't forget about a book that can go into the woods with you. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees has a section of bark pictures as well as a wonderful amount of other information.