With so many incredible textures, tones, and trees; it’s impossible to stick to just one bark blog. Enjoy part two of The Bark of Elmwood Park series and pin your favorites to Pinterest.

Acer saccharinum // Silver Maple

Ridged, furrowed, scaly in an interesting variety of grays.

Ginkgo biloba // Maidenhair Tree

Gray-brown ridges with darker furrows and a corky texture.

Taxodium distichum // Bald Cypress

Fibrous reddish-brown bark with horizontal flakes on branches (shown)

Pinus ponderosa // Ponderosa Pine

Large, flat, superficial scaly plates. Malus // Crabapple

Exfoliating, mottled or marked with spots.

Can’t get enough rhytidome? Check out part one here and more on the importance of bark here.