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Bark key for Dutch hardwood trees

This bark key is part of the winter key for recognizing Dutch hardwood trees. It should not be seen as a key in itself, but as a part of the whole winter-key. The winter key part one is the elimination winter key. The second part is the bud key. Besides all this there is a summer-bark page just for fun.

This bark key is photographical and consists of showing four classes of pics:

1. Characteristic bark Like Birch and so on.
2. Smooth bark
3. Coarse bark
4. Cracked bark or halfway between smooth and coarse

The coarse and cracked bark are on the second winter bark-page, because there are too many photo's for one.

First the bark you also could have identified with the elimination winter key :

1. Characteristic bark


1. Characteristic bark | 2. Smooth bark | 3. Coarse bark | 4. Cracked bark or halfway between smooth and coarse | Back to the bud page

foto bomen: winterbark Everyone knows the Birch with its white bark. Photo's of buds here.







foto bomen: winterbark De Poplargenus has three species with a grey bark:
European white poplar Populus alba and Aspen Populus tremula and Grey poplar Populus canescens







foto bomen: winterbark foto bomen: winterbark foto bomen: winterbark foto bomen: winterbark foto bomen: winterbark Species with bark where small pieces fall of are London planetree(Platanus hybrida ) and Oriental planetree. Photo's of buds here.








foto bomen: winterbark Also missing pieces of bark can be (not al individuals have this) Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus ). Also recognizable by bunches of stalks where the winged fruits were attached and by the beautiful green buds. Photo's of buds here.







foto bomen: winterbark The Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum also misses pieces of bark when it gets big. Photo's of buds here.








foto bomen: winterbark A very coarse characteristic grey bark has
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia.






similar is the foto bomen: winterbark
Caucasian Wingnut Pterocarya fraxinifolia . Photo's of buds here.








foto bomen: winterbark foto bomen: winterbark foto bomen: winterbark De Sweet cherry Prunus avium, has characteristic shiny horizontal bands of bark. Photo's of buds here.








Smooth bark

1. Characteristic bark | 2. Smooth bark | 3. Coarse bark | 4. Cracked bark or halfway between smooth and coarse | Back to the bud page

When a tree has a smooth bark while being at least about 40 to 60 cm around you might find it here. Trees that are listed above are not included.

There are not really many tree species that have smooth bark. These do:

Tree species where individuals have smooth bark when small, but coarse bark later: Dutch Elm, Sweet Chestnut, Black alder, Sycamore Maple.

Coarse bark and cracked bark are at the second winter bark-page.