River Birch

Year on year
the lovely trees
have grown
more dear.
...V.O. Wallingford

It has such an unusual peeling and textured bark. Nice on black.

River Birch Tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_nigra

[Kahsia]

Those are very similar to our Arbutus trees. Nice photo.

[Cathie]

Such wonderful textures and color! Nice.

[Danette Thompson]

Nice textures.

[Diana]

Wonderful tones and textures.

[*lynn]

wonderful detail and texture

[Graham Harcombe]

Wonderful colours and textures!

[sally agnew]

Beautiful colours and textures :)

[Inga Johansson]

As mentioned before, the colours and textures are pretty.

[Michelle Renee]

Beautiful!

[carol white]

Great textures and colours

[Catherine]

Beautiful lighting and love the tones too.

[Suzanne]

amazing textures

[Michelle]

Beautiful colours 😊

[Elyse Klemchuk]

I like this very much!

[wendy frost]

Super capture and texture

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wonderful colour and textures !

[Wendy]

Great textures here.

[Sandy Z W]

Another gorgeous and simple image. Almost looks like you can peel the bark right off the tree and take it from the screen. I love the dark border.

[CC Folk]

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Many thanks to you all! I found the bark on these trees so fascinating! It was marvelous to see. I appreciate all your kindness and comments. :)