When it comes to the sticky stuff, it’s what’s on the outside of the tree that matters to Okuniewski. The Larksville resident uses the bark from hickory trees to make his syrup, and what was ...

Perhaps the most telling feature of this hickory is its bark. On older trees, the bark is prominent ... in the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the ...

To make the syrup, owner Tom "Razz" Radzwich collected bark from farms and while out hiking, and here was Drewes, with 250 shagbark hickory trees on his property in Mifflintown, Juniata County.

This photo shows a lichen growing on hickory tree bark. Folks sometimes become concerned when they notice strange gray-green patches on the trunk or branches of a tree. Should the growths be removed?