Bark Quote by Mark Leiren-Young

“If the global temperature rises by only four degrees Celsius over the next fifty years—and it’s probably going to do that—then all of the…

— Ned Hayes

“The mountain pine beetle is a tiny creature that chews through a lodgepole’s bark, gouges out a hollow in the wood and lays its…

— Annie Proulx

One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow

— Wallace Stevens

“Researchers looked at 15 states that had experienced significant tree loss due to the beetle infestation and concluded the borer was linked to more…

— Linda Marsa

In treating of the oak, I have considered that the species of it growing in warm climates is superior to that which is produced…

— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Frost in January minus 20 for a week. Dead birds frozen on the branch—they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruit—death-ripened. We shall…

— Lawrence Durrell

“But together, many trees create an ecosystem that moderates extremes of heat and cold, stores a great deal of water, and generates a great…

— Peter Wohlleben

far away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last a little…

— Isabel Allende

No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will come again in due time.

— Frank Bolles

“Trees are obviously a lot less mobile than, say, trogons—tropical birds common in Manú—or even ticks. But in a cloud forest, trees structure the…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive.…

— Sylvia Earle

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.

— Norman Douglas