However, black locusts have a distinctive profile you can learn to identify. Start with the bark. Mature black locust trees have deeply furrowed, dark gray or brown bark that looks rugged and gnarly.

the stuff that covers branches and tree trunks, otherwise known as bark, may take the biggest bite out of our botanical observations. Crape myrtle is probably the most popular flowering tree in ...

But winter tree identification is not just about twigs, it’s about looking in detail at tree shape, the branches, the bark and colour, and in some cases the smell, he adds. Fir and pine trees ...