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Vertical cracks or seams in smooth bark scarlet oak and shagbark hickory Broken in to vertical strips – intersect, pignut hickory Broken into scales or plates scales – black cherry With ridges and furrows – ridges broken into large scales –pitch pine and northern red oakOther trees produce chemicals in their bark to make them unpalatable or to ward off competition from other tree species The tannins of Quercus ssp (oak) trees and acetogenins of Asimina triloba (pawpaw) are powerful natural insecticidesThe oxalate crystals contained in the inner bark of conifers destroy the mouth parts of insects, and the bitter, almondscented cyanogenic glycosides in theOak trees are evergreen acornbearing or deciduous trees known for their usual impressive sizes While some bark might split at the base of the trunk during the tree's exfoliation process, oak tree bark that is coming off the trunk is typically the result of pest infestation or disease Slime flux, also called bacterial wetwood, is a b