Close up of light bark on a white ash tree, Fraxinus americana, that looks like elephant skin! Would make a good background. Three views provided.

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Amazing pattern to this bark, as it is so uniform in in texture. The tree was large for an ash, having three main trunks that met and fused at the base where this bark was.

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: San Marcos, California, USA
Photo credit: © Susan Heller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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