Trees and Shrubs of Distinction
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| Balsam Fir | blisters |
| Beech | smooth and gray like an elephant’s leg |
| Black Birch | glossy, horizontal lenticels, does not peel |
| Black Locust | coarse thick ridges like a gargoyle |
| Chestnut Oak | thick and corky |
| Eastern Red Cedar | shredded red paper |
| Gray Birch | silver white, nonpeeling, chevrons |
| Ironwood | looks like muscles and sinews |
| Paper Birch | chalky white, peels |
| River Birch | peels into thin strips more than the other native birches |
| Shagbark Hickory | shaggy |
| Silver Maple | shaggy |
| Striped Maple | vertical stripes |
| Sycamore | mottled white and brown |
| White Ash | diamond-shaped ridges |
| Yellow Birch | peels its mellow yellow bark into thin papery strips |
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