no photo — written note
Plants
Salmon-pink papery bark curling off a leaning multi-stemmed trunk on gravel bars.
Field facts
HabitatRiverbanks, sandbars, wet swales
RangeStatewide
When to lookCatkins in spring
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesPaper Birch — planted only, Yellow Birch
Field note: Indiana's only birch that thrives in hot, flood-scoured ground.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Peeling loose bark harms the tree; photograph instead.
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