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Diospyros virginiana
Bark: Dark brown or dark gray, deeply divided into plates whose surface is scaly. Branchlets slender, zigzag, with thick pith or large pith cavity; at first light reddish brown and pubescent. They vary in color from light brown to ashy gray and finally become reddish brown, the bark somewhat broken by longitudinal fissures.
Radnor Lake
Spotted on Nov 27, 2012
Submitted on Nov 28, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Seema, they are one of my favorite trees.
delicious-looking persimmon
I m impressed with the bark pattern too...so artistic