Arborglyph

Also known as dendroglyph, silvaglyph

thumb|Tree carving in Bielinek (Bellinchen), [[Pomerania, immediately east of the Oder. It reads, in Russian, "March 1945, Death to the Germans."]] Arborglyphs, dendroglyphs, silvaglyphs, or modified cultural trees are carvings of shapes and symbols into the bark of living trees. Although most often referring to ancient cultural practices, the term also refers to modern tree-carving.