Key to the Trees of Wisconsin

101. Bark of trunks and larger branches splitting into close vertical, shaggy strips and lacking conspicuous lenticels; bud scales often striate along their length (requires handlens).


Ostrya virginiana
101. Bark of trunks and larger branches papery and peeling into irregular sheets or deeply furrowed, but retaining some evidence of papery layers; lenticels usually conspicuously elongate horizontally; bud scales not striate. Betula

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