Betula nigra Betula nigra Betula nigra, the black birch, river birch or water birch, is a species of birch native to the Eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and west to Texas. It is one of the few heat-tolerant birches in a family of mostly cold-weather trees which do not thrive in USDA Zone 6 and up. "B. nigra" commonly occurs in floodplains and swamps. "Betula nigra" is a deciduous tree growing to with a trunk in diameter. The base of the tree is often divided into multiple slender trunks. Bark Bark characteristics
Eucalyptus rigidula Eucalyptus rigidula Eucalyptus rigidula, commonly known as stiff-leaved mallee, is a mallee that is native to Western Australia. The mallee typically grows to a height of . The bark of the tree is smooth and white-grey brown in colour and peels in ribbony strips at the base. It blooms between December and April producing inflorescences with white flowers. The bark is smooth and powdery with no pith of bark glands. The disjunct, glossy, green or yellow-green adult leaves have a lanceolate to broad lanceolate shaped blade that is basally tapered. The thick concolorous blade is in length and wide. The