'wood': bark peeling off 'betula albosinensis'

I love these few Chinese red birch trees in the arboretum with their bark peeling off in strange patterns and lovely hues. Eventually I narrowed down all the shots I took to just two but I'm still not sure I've posted the right one!

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Its a super shot and perfect for the 'word'! You can feel the fragility of the bark and the russet and yellow colours are just lovely.

[Hazel]

@tishpics Thank you. Most of the birches in the arboretum are silver birches but I think these red ones are really special. I saw some bark on the ground once and wanted to pick it up and bring it home but daren't in case they thought I had been stripping it off!

[Glenys]

Love this one.

[Hazel A]

Lovely textures in your shot for today's word

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

@quietpurplehaze LOL!!

[Cathy (aka Possum Mum)]

Oh that's so pretty!

[Sterling Rush]

Excellent shot Hazel @ A FAV!!

[Hazel]

@gnilrets Oh thank you - I must have posted the right shot after all!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very cool wood shot. It is so interesting how the bark is peeling off.

[Christine]

Great shot. Interesting effect of the bark peeling.

[Pyrrhula]

A great shot to show all about what is a Betula albosinensis tree

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula Well, once again I've learnt something! I didn't know the botanical name for this tree, or even that it was called Chinese red birch. All I knew really was that I loved the look of the tree! (The silver birches are lovely but this red birch I find really dramatic.)