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Offline aero86

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what wood is this?
« on: March 29, 2010, 04:44:28 pm »
found this tree laying down when hunting cane.  broke it off and it was still alive so i cut it off and took it with me.  gonna try to make a bow of it, but i dont know what it is.  im in North East texas.  it has a white sap wood and a brown heart wood.  the bark on the tree was pretty smooth.  no leaves on it..  i dont know if these pics will help to identify


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Offline wildman

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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 07:00:12 pm »
maybe a young hackberry not 100% sure
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 07:08:34 pm »
How thick are those rings? That bark almost reminds me of mimosa.
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Offline aero86

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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 08:09:31 pm »
ill count it when i get home
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2010, 09:08:46 pm »
Pics of twigs with buds would be helpful.   With the little warts on the bark my first thought was hackberry but it is only a guess.
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2010, 09:14:09 pm »
could be elm too...this one had warts all over it...and I know that it is Elm...it was all leafed out still when I cut it....

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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2010, 09:50:39 am »
Elm and hackberry have similar leaves.  I have only seen those warts, on otherwise flat bark, on hackberry.

First one looks like blue beech on the bark but the inner wood favors wild cherry to me.

Darn near impossible for me to tell much from just looking at the wood, or bark and wood, unless it has some distinctive feature.
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2010, 10:52:09 am »
It is hard wood?
Looks little bit like magnolia tree....?
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Offline aero86

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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2010, 02:26:17 pm »
im gonna have to go back to the spot to check out the area.  it was a tall sapling that had fallen over, and there were no leaf buds on it yet.  i was really surprised it was still alive.  the little warts are on the bark, not the actual inner wood.
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2010, 03:10:51 pm »
be careful when using a fallen tree. the side that is close to the ground will rot quick , even if the tree is still alive. lost some great hickory staves because of that.
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Offline aero86

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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2010, 05:18:10 pm »
it wasnt laying on the ground.  the part im not using was laying on another tree.
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Offline aero86

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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2010, 07:25:54 pm »
havent gotten out there again yet, but the wood under the bark is a light yellow.  like banana pudding yellow..
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2010, 12:05:44 am »
Ya know, I've been thinking about this one and my vote has changed to a young red oak and that's my final answer ;D.
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Re: what wood is this?
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2010, 09:18:56 am »
well, it dried out pretty quickly, but it ended up breaking.  it had too much character for me to tiller properly.  i wish it would have been a thicker piece, it had a really high crown on the back
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