Tree identification by bark - 12 trees with smooth/peeling bark and 17 trees with ridged/plated bark are shown here.

Easy tips on British tree identification using leaves, flowers, fruit and bark. With pictures and notes on what to look out for.

Aspen tree bark is pale grey or off-white, with dark, diamond-shaped lenticels that fuse into channels as the tree ages. Elder tree bark is greyish-brown, crossed with deep, corky ridges. …

Oct 11, 2020 · When young, the tree has a slightly rounded conical outline, with foliage to ground level. As it matures, the crown broadens and the lower branches fall away. This reveals an impressive trunk with horizontal folds of grey bark, similar in appearance to elephant hide.

Mar 17, 2011 · Ash bark is smooth grey or a pale grey-brown in young trees. In older trees the bark becomes fissured into interwoven ridges and can resemble the bark of Oak (see below). The sooty-black buds of Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, are very distinctive. Notice also the upward curve to the shoot. Photo: Paul Kirtley.

Jun 2, 2020 · Look out for: a huge domed crown and smooth grey bark. Oval, pointed leaves with wavy edges, that emerge lime green in spring and darken with age, becoming orange and waxy before falling. Inconspicuous, tassel-like flowers in spring, followed by a woody cup containing two beech nuts (known as masts) in autumn.

Jun 19, 2020 · How to identify: The pedunculate oak is a large deciduous tree growing up to 40m tall. It has grey bark when young which becomes darker brown and develops long vertical fissures as it ages. Leaves have familiar deep-lobed margins with smooth edges. Acorns hang from the tree on long stalks.

Oct 4, 2015 · Plants have leaves and flowers and roots, but only trees have bark. And bark readily declares its sylvanicity or treedom. English oak (Quercus robur) The textbook bark, grey-green and grey-brown corduroy and deeply lived in

Use bark, twigs, buds, leaves, flowers and fruits or our A-Z guide full of stunning, clear images to identify the most common British trees. An interactive British tree identification app from the Woodland Trust, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.

The bark is smooth and a rose-tinted grey colour when young. This becomes darker grey and develops scaly plates as the tree matures. In late-winter the twigs have oval, red sticky buds.