Shagbark hickory shreds its bark in long strips as it gets older. Pitch pine has large plates. Epicormic sprouting is also common as can be seen on the left side of this tree. Persimmon has small blocky plates and often looks like charcoal briquettes. Tulip-poplar bark displays a pattern of interlacing ridges and furrows that form a diamond shaped pattern.
Yellow birch has a very fine shreddy bark that peels into small strips.