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Eliza Waters 
Lovely details Eliza.
Thank you, Maria!
Beautiful details on that bark. What a stunning tree and your photo is perfect. Reminds me of some of our Melaleucas and Eucalypts which have peeling bark.
Thank you, Vicki. Exfoliating bark is so attractive. Gum trees are esp. lovely.
You were definitely barking up the right tree. 🙂 River birch?
😀 Yes it is.
Love the detail!
Thank you, Fi!
Beautiful colours and details in the bark. We have a similar tree over here called Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera).
Thanks, Pete. Birch bark is esp. lovely across all the species, each with its unique expression. Yellow, River, Silver and White all are esp. eye-catching.
Very good photo. I’m going to do a flora and fauna feature on the last Friday of each month on my blog and I already have a bark picture in the file. Great minds think alike! We can have a bark competition!! MJ
Thank you, MJ. I look forward to seeing that post…nature always offers something of interest to the artistic eye. 🙂
Beautiful post.
Thank you!
Oh, this is such a beautiful photograph!
Thank you very much, Anne!
There are many layers in life 😊💕
Yes, there are… thanks, Karen! x
Marvellous curling textures
Thank you, Derrick. A wonderful tree to see and, of course, touch.
Mother Nature certainly knows how to write a book and capture our attention. 🙂
Yes, indeed she does… thanks, Judy!
Is it true that this kind of tree is messy?
I don’t think of it as any messier than the average tree with leaves to rake up every fall. The twigs tend to break and shed regularly, so perhaps that is what bothers people. It grows fast so the wood is soft and can break in heavy snow or ice storms. It would be a good tree for the edge of a yard where it can be viewed from the house, but not close enough to mess up sidewalks, etc. I think growing them is worth it as they support hundreds of insect species that in turn support birds.
Looks like an abstract painting!
Oh, yes, I can see that… Thanks, Debra!
Gorgeous! Nature’s artwork.
So true. 🙂 Nature is a wonderful artist!
River birches do have wonderful bark.
Yes, and birches host up to 393 different species of insects, that in turn support birds. I love that!
That‘s lovely. Makes me want go reach out and touch it. 😃
Yes, same here… very tactile! 🙂
Wonderful curling texture!
Thank you, Laurie! They are lovely trees.
So many colors…I wonder why the bark does that, when bark is supposed to protect the tree. A neighbor has one.
I suppose all trees shed bark to one degree or another, but this birch does it beautifully!
It reminds me of an ancient papyrus scroll, just waiting to be for someone to discover the knowledge it holds.
I love that!
My mom wants a river birch in the front yard, but the lawn guy claims they’re messy trees. I can see where he’s right, but there’s something quite beautiful about that bark!
They are a bit messy, but worth it for their bark, as well as the fact that they host 393 insects that in turn feed birds. Native plants rock! 🙂
Very nice shot. Quite a few people in this neighbor have river birches and it has become one of my favorites. I would trade it and all its messiness any day for my sweet gum! 🙂
Thank you, David. Yes, I hear that sweet gums, as pretty as their foliage is summer and fall, their fruit is rather nasty. No bare feet around them!
A gorgeous photograph Eliza, I love how you captured the different colours and tones xxx
Thank you kindly, Xenia!
You can’t beat peeling bark for providing photo opportunities.
Absolutely, and River Birch is quite photogenic!
Ooooh! Love the layers and textures and colors. ❤
Thank you, Robin! 🙂
River Birch! Who knew?! All I ever knew were yellow and white birches. This is a great shot, by the way! 😀
Thank you, Bela! There are 16 species of birch in N.America and triple that elsewhere. A big family!
Indeed! Thanks for enlightening me! Though I have seen their ilk on other continents. ❤
Skin shedding – not just for snakes. 🙂
I’d rather look at this type of skin, hehe. 😉
Love the photo and another favorite for the year!😁
🙂 Thank you very much!
Ah … my favourite bark. What a gorgeous photo Eliza
Thank you, Allison. It is a lovely bark, for sure!
Interesting image and Great Detail Eliza!
Thank you, Reed, much appreciated!
Lovely shot. I’m more familiar with the paper and silver birch.
Thank you, Belinda. There are many species native to our area– paperbark are so pretty, esp. against evergreens.
Oh wow, that’s gorgeous bark, Eliza. I’ve never seen anything like it. 🙂
Thanks, Joanne. Not the same as your sweet gums, but the same idea of exfoliating bark.
Very different to gums!
Love a good exfoliation. One of my favorites and so fast growing…did not realize they grew that far north..
They are a pretty one, and hardy to Z4. I was also reading that it is one of the few birches that are heat tolerant.
Beautifully layered, textured shot. I am running my fingers down that bark now and intoxicated because I love the scent of birch.
Thank you, Nailah. One of my walks goes through a lot of the type of birch that they use for making birch beer. Winter storms bring down their twigs and I’ll pick one up to chew on as I walk… you’d love that I bet!
Birch beer. That’s something. I’m not a beer drinker, but I think I’d try it. Once. LOL. But the chewing – yep, I’d do that!
It tastes a bit like wintergreen-tinged root beer, not much like hop/malt beer, which I don’t much enjoy either. I’ve read that Native Americans used the twigs to clean their teeth as well.
Love the texture in this picture!
Thank you, Kathy!
It’s Texture with a capital T.
Yes, it is! Thanks, Steve.
Nicely seen and captured! I am impressed by all the layers that are hanging on.
Thank you kindly, Denise! One of our prettiest barks, this species is particularly outstanding.
That’s stunning. Kind of chaotic beauty! Well done, Eliza.
Thank you kindly, Frank!
Lovely closeup. 😊
Thank you, Irene!
How beautiful, and interesting too that it hosts so many insects.
Re the comments on messy – we tend not to think of forests or wild lands as being messy, so perhaps we can think of less manicured gardens as being natural rather than messy?
Exactly! An intensely tidy lawn (or house) makes me nervous, 😉 as it seems highly unnatural. Nature loves messy, it thrives in it. (I do keep a moderately clean house, btw, but don’t try to ‘eat off my floors!’ Actually, scientists tell us that our immune systems are stronger with a daily dose of friendly bacteria.) 😀
I also feel uncomfortable in those gardens tidied to the point of sterility. It must require a high level of vigilance to keep gardens so unnatural whereas a garden is more fun as a place to relax and unwind. And houses too are made to be lived in, especially now when we spend so much time at home.
Yes and sterile can be literal as well as metaphorical, and good to know that neither are necessarily good for one 😊
Whoa! So much layered textured. Very cool!
Thank you, Laura Denise. It is splendid tree!