Andy Rouse / Paperbark or Tea Tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) forest at sunset, Bamarru Plains, North West Territory, Australia, April 2007

Jim Brandenburg / Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) bark peeling, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) bark peeling, Listening Point, Ely, Minnesota

Ernie Janes / Paper / Canoe Birch (Betula papyifera) shedding bark, USA

Rob Cousins / Paper birch (Betula papyrifera), close up of bark, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, UK, October

Konrad Wothe / Paperbark trees (Melalauca sp) beside the Coen River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, November 2010

Jouan & Rius / Paper bark tree (Melaleuca sp) within Dales gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, Western Australia. August 2009

Juergen Freund / Man preparing strips of bark of Breadfruit / Paper mulberry tree {Artocarpus altilis} to make into sheets of bark cloth, Tonga, Melanesia, 2007

Juergen Freund / Woman preparing strips of bark of Breadfruit / Paper mulberry tree {Artocarpus altilis} to make into sheets of bark cloth, Tonga, Melanesia, 2007

Juergen Freund / Women preparing strips of bark of Breadfruit / Paper mulberry tree {Artocarpus altilis} to make into sheets of bark cloth, Tonga, Melanesia, 2007

Larry Michael / Close-up of bark of Paper Birch {Betula papyrifera} USA

Pete Oxford / Paper-bark tea tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) North Stradbroke Island off Queensland coast, Australia

Doug Wechsler / Close up of bark of Paper birch tree {Betula papyrifera} USA

Philippe Clement / Bark of Paper birch tree {Betula papyrifera} with Hooded lichen {Physcia adscendens} Denali NP, Alaska, USA.

Jim Brandenburg / Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) peeling bark in forest, White Mountains National Park, New Hampshire

Pete Oxford / Women sorting Daphne tree bark into black and white for paper making. Jungshi paper factory,