#12. Bark: Pattern of Splitting

1. Fissured <mostly lengthwise cracks>

2. ringed <circumferential cracks or scars>

3. checkered <squares, rhomboids or rectangles 1 to few cm wide, either raised or scars surrounded by ridges>

4. blocky <raised squares or rectangles, several cm wide>

5. warty <scattered rounded protuberences>

6. spiny