Tree Trunks

Winter hikes in deciduous forests are sparse in so many ways - full of browns and grays, stark tree branches without the softening of fluttering leaves, sometimes very quiet with even the birds and squirrels hunkered in their nests. I tend to look more closely at thinks that I may not notice during other times of the year. Thinks like the trunks of the trees themselves.

How many trees can you identify just by their trunks? These three are probably some of the easiest.

American Beech

River Birch 

Sycamore