By Aislinn Sarnacki Have you ever noticed how much tree bark varies in texture, color and pattern? If your answer is “no,” I ...

But winter is precisely the time for shrubs with colorful branches and trees with ornamental bark to shine. Bark serves as the skin of the tree, protecting the internal plumbing from disease or ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study shows. Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already ...