white pine, white birch
White birch (paper birch) has a good foothold in Wadsworth park, though these trees may be the descendants of planted trees, since they rarely grow naturally this far south. White pine, of course, ...
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hollow paper birch
Paper birch bark resists rot so well that cylinders of bark sit, nearly unaffected, after the wood has entirely rotted away.
mossy niche
Here the many thin layers of white outer bark have peeled away, leaving a pocket celebrated by moss. Somehow, the dark layer of wood beneath the white is startling when it is exposed:
micro-trails
What tiny creatures worked their way across the landscape of this birch's skin?