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Feb 24, 2012 5:41 PM CST
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Does the bark match Prunus mexicana?

Mexican plum is a beautiful single-trunked, spring-flowering small tree with bark that eventually gets dark and striated, peeling off in patches.


http://aggie-horticulture.tamu...

The bark in this picture is smooth, and if it gets "dark and striated, peeling off in patches" it doesn't quite seem to fit the bark for this tree.

There's a photo of what the bark does look like when it becomes "dark and striated" on this site..

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dend...

Bark: Initially reddish-gray, smooth with numerous horizontal lenticels, later becoming rough with irregular ridges and exfoliating curling strips.
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