Wisconsin community plants trees for Arbor Day
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Natural Resources Staff Officer Ann Dassow shows students how to plant a tree on Arbor Day at the USDA Forest Service office in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. (USDA Forest Service photo by Veronica Hinke)
WISCONSIN—Elementary school students in Rhinelander,…
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Anatomy of a tree
This information is courtesy the Arbor Day FoundationA: The outer bark is the tree's protection from the outside world. Continually renewed from within, it helps keep out moisture in the rain, and prevents the tree from losing moisture when the air is dry. It insulates against cold and heat and wards off insect enemies.B: The inner bark, or “phloem”, is pipeline through which…