Broad-leaved

ACER CAPILLIPES Young bark striate with whitened ; young development coral redness , leaves turning crimson in autumn . A.davidii , immature barque bright honey oil , striated with white-hot ; leaves usually turn yellow and purple in autumn . longsighted chains of keys shine . A. griseum , paperbark maple , the outer barque peeling in papery flake to show the copper - color inner bark ; orifice leaves bronze colored , turning red or orange in fall . A.grosseri , A.g . hersii , young bark super C or yellowish striated with white , leaves orangish and crimson in fall . A.pennsylvanicum , Acer pennsylvanicum , young barque green striped and patterned with snowy , the large leaves pinkish on opening night turn clear in autumn . A.rufinerve , bark William Green , with an elaborate pattern of greyish grading , persevere on old shorts ; leave red when immature and usually crimson in autumn , when the long chains of keys are attractive .

BETULA PAPYRIFERA Paper - bark birch rod , shine white bark , the big leaves turning pale gold in early autumn , making it more effective than other birches with colored stems .

LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA The American sweet gum has interesting corky barque in winter , the leafage normally turning purpleness and crimson in autumn .

Decorative bark and good foliage color

PARROTIA PERSICAParticularly secure if trained to standard strain , the grey bark flaking away in a pattern resembling the London sheet , while the leaves ferment smart as a whip golds and deep red ( see also Early flowering trees ) .

PHELLODENDRON AMURENSEThe grey , corked torso is of picturesque shape , and the big white-livered leaves wrick yellow in fall .

SORBUS AUCUPARIA BEISSNERI This well-favoured cultivar of the mountain ash has red twig anal a copper colour in tree trunk , the large leaves with profoundly reduce leaflets turning old gold in autumn .

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Conifers

Many conifers with icteric , silver or variegated leafage ( listed under those headings ) give the interest of form and leaf gloss at all seasons . Some true pine , when their lower ramification are removed , also have interesting barque , P.bungeana , the ribbonwood pine tree , has a barque which peels off to show ashen plot ; P. nigra maritima , the Corsican true pine , modernise a striking erect trunk with sick scales between cranny in the dark barque . The Scots true pine , P. sylvestris , with its smooth pink or red bark in the upper part of the tree , is singularly picturesque . The bark of the well - named sequoia , Sequoia sempervirens , never loses its astonishing semblance . Except P.bungeana , which is rare and slow - growing , these trees are only desirable for enceinte gardens or parks .

Decorative bark in winter.

In add-on to the foregoing , the principal decorative distinction of the pursual is their bark , the coloring of their leaf not being particular .

ARBUTUS x ARACHNOIDES Hybrid strawberry tree . torso and branch cinnamon red .

BETULA Several birches have singularly beautiful coloured barque , though this does not always show on untried tree . Among the best areB. albosinensis septentrionalis , orangish - brown with a Second Earl Grey bloom;B. ermanii , automobile trunk cream - emblazon , the bark flake off off , the branches orange - brown;B. jacquemontiana , the whitest bark of all - the white can be rubbed off like chalk;B. lutea , the peeling , paper - same bark being yellowish;B. mandschurica , vars.japonicaandszechuanica , have very blank stems and branches;B. maximowicziana , the largest - leaved birch , the trunk at first orange - browned becoming white;B. pendula , the native British birch tree , depart greatly in the semblance of its stem and good white - bark seedlings must be selected .

CORNUS MAS Old trees of cornelian cherry have interesting torso with attractive shaggy bark .

CORYLUS COLURNA The pale , corked , scale barque on the Turkish hazel tree is attractive .

EUCALYPTUS Several species have interesting grey , peeling bark .

JUGLANS NIGRA The grey barque of this black walnut , profoundly chase into a connection traffic pattern , is most prominent .

PLATANUS x HYBRIDA The desquamation of plot of ground of bark showing the greenish grey inner bark of the London plane is well known .

POPULUS ALBA The bark of the white poplaris smooth and grey , with black markings , except at the base of the trunk ; P.canescens , the grey poplar tree , has barque of a distinctive yellow - Charles Grey color .

genus Prunus MAACKII The Manchurian bird cherry red has smooth bark , brown yellow , and peeling like that of a birch ; P.serrula , the bark is shiny , mahogany colored , from which the slight outer skin peel , the trunk of a ripe tree consume white-hot orbitual scars around it .

QUERCUS SUBER The thick , ridged bark of the cork oak tree , not hardy in cold situations , makes it a distinctive Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .

genus Salix DAPHNOIDES The reddish blue willow owe its name to the purple shoots covered with a bloom break them in places a reddish blue color ; S.purpurea , the purple osier , has reddish - over-embellished supple branches .

ZELKOVA SINICA This noteworthy tree has politic grey bark which peels by in scale to reveal a rusty - colored under barque .