ðə bˈɑːɹk ɪz lˈaɪt bɹˈaʊn ɔːɹ sˈɪlvɚɹi ɡɹˈeɪ, bɹˈoʊkən ɔnðə sˈɜːfɪs ˌɪntʊ θˈɪk ɐpɹˈɛst skˈeɪlz ænd sˈʌmtaɪmz ɹˈʌfənd wɪð ɛkskɹˈɛsənsᵻz; ðə pˈætɚn ɪz vˈɛɹi dɪstˈɪŋktɪv.
The bark is light brown or silvery gray, broken on the surface into thick appressed scales and sometimes roughened with excrescences; the pattern is very distinctive.