Virtual Museum of Canada
Jardin botanique de Montréal 
Centre for Forest Research

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Photo of the bark of an eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

© Jardin botanique de Montréal (M-Stéphane Bailleul)
Eastern white pine bark (Pinus strobus)

"To identify trees, one thinks of foliage, fruit, flowers...
But some trees have bark so distinctive that it can be used to identify them.
Can you recognize them?"


Photomontage of nine different tree barks, identified by their latin and common names

© Jardin botanique de Montréal



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