Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast
Contents (click for sample pages)
Foreward
Preface
Primary Identification Key
1. How to Use this Field Guide
2. Bark Structure
3. Bark Types
4. Secondary Identification Keys 1-7
5. Bark Ecology
6. Species
Comments about Bark:
“The bark of trees has been relegated to the background for far too long. With this guide, Michael Wojtech has prepared a forested pageant for our eyes.” - from the forward by Tom Wessels
“In the genre of popular nature guides, it is simply one of the best I’ve ever seen.” - Bob Leverett, Forest Ecologist & cofounder of the Eastern Native Tree Society.
“Periderm and lenticels are generally not topics to inspire poetry or jump-start conversations, but naturalist Michael Wojtech’s Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast may change that. Packed with cocktail-party-ready facts and an easy-to-use identification guide for 67 Northeastern species, the surprisingly readable text is a must-have for both tree nerds and new-to-nature types.” – Adirondack Life
Bark Species List
| Abies balsamea | balsam fir |
| Acer negundo | box elder |
| Acer nigrum | black maple |
| Acer pennsylvanicum | striped maple |
| Acer platanoides | Norway maple |
| Acer rubrum | red maple |
| Acer saccharinium | silver maple |
| Acer saccharum | sugar maple |
| Amelanchier arborea | downy serviceberry |
| Betula alleghaniensis | yellow birch |
| Betula lenta | black birch |
| Betula nigra | river birch |
| Betula papyrifera | paper birch |
| Betula populifolia | gray birch |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam |
| Carya cordiformis | bitternut hickory |
| Carya glabra | pignut hickory |
| Carya ovata | shagbark hickory |
| Carya tomentosa | mockernut hickory |
| Celtis occidentalis | hackberry |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic white cedar |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beach |
| Fraxinus americana | white ash |
| Fraxinus nigra | black ash |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash |
| Juglans cinerea | butternut |
| Juglans nigra | black walnut |
| Juniperus virginiana | eastern red cedar |
| Larix laricina | tamarack |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | tulip tree |
| Nyssa sylvatica | black gum |
| Ostrya virginiana | hophornbeam |
| Picea abies | Norway spruce |
| Picea glauca | white spruce |
| Picea mariana | black spruce |
| Picea rubens | red spruce |
| Pinus banksiana | jack pine |
| Pinus resinosa | red pine |
| Pinus rigida | pitch pine |
| Pinus strobus | eastern white pine |
| Platanus occidentalis | sycamore |
| Populus balsamifera | balsam poplar |
| Populus deltoides | eastern cottonwood |
| Populus grandidentata | bigtoothed aspen |
| Populus tremuloides | quaking aspen |
| Prunus pensylvanica | pin cherry |
| Prunus serotina | black cherry |
| Quercus alba | white oak |
| Quercus bicolor | swamp white oak |
| Quercus coccinea | scarlet oak |
| Quercus macrocarpa | bur oak |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | chinquapin oak |
| Quercus palustris | pin oak |
| Quercus prinus | chestnut oak |
| Quercus rubra | northern red oak |
| Quercus stellata | post oak |
| Quercus velutina | black oak |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | black locust |
| Salix nigra | black willow |
| Sassafras albidum | sassafras |
| Sorbus americana | American mountain ash |
| Sorbus decora | showy mountain ash |
| Thuja occidentalis | northern white cedar |
| Tilia Americana | American basswood |
| Tsuga canadensis | eastern hemlock |
| Ulmus americana | American elm |
| Ulmus rubra | slippery elm |
