Before the spring flowers come out (in fact, even in the coldest weather), the variations in the bark of trees in Ohio offer a spirited visual treat (though I grant you that you have to look a lot harder for color outdoors in the winter). All the above trees grow in NEO – and it’s a rush observing the differentiations in their skins. If you were blind, could you ID these trees? A lot easier than elevator buttons. The interior wood of different trees has distinctly different smells – are there different smells to different trees' bark? Clearly the imaginative wraps fashioned by those in Haut Couture have nothing on Mother Nature’s bark coats. So go take a Hike – check out the Metroparks [1] and feel these trees! Their DNA is much like yours…
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[1] http://www.clemetparks.com/recreation/hiking/index.asp
[2] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/system/files/Bark+pan+sharp+copy+rough+edge.jpg