I doubt the squirrels had much to do with this one. It is fairly close to our big Hackberry tree. I have seen the ‘berries’ on it the last two years so… birds? Or the seed fell to the ground? 🤔 #nature #Hackberry #CeltisOccidentalis

Closeup of tree bark that is made up of many layers. There are raised ridges and flat areas.

A different view of the bark. It is varying shades of brown snd gray. The raised ridges have many layers like sedimentary rock.

I have a bunch of pix of the bark on this tree. It is a Hackberry. Very interesting the way it grows. #CeltisOccidentalis