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By grrlscientist on April 5, 2008.

tags: tree bark, Eastern Cottonwood, Manhattan, Kansas, nature, Image of the Day

Bark of the Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides.

Image: GrrlScientist, 2008. [larger view].

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