tree ID (Pics of leaves added) ACTUAL ANSWER!!!

[Almostpighunter]

This seems to be a pretty commonly used landscaping tree here in Vegas. Been growing out of comtrol for 8 years and had to trim on of the trunks as you may be able to see in the first pic. Anyone know what it is and if it can be used to make a bow. The remaining trunk is singing to me 

Pic 1: whole tree
Pic 2: trunk section and brnach
Pic 3: cross section (already started to split when I realized I better take a pic)

[Acutus]

Can you take a pic of the leaves?

[Blacktail]

i agree leaves or fruit or pods..john

[Almostpighunter]

Pics of leaves added  . Thanks @ Acutus & Blacktail

[Blacktail]

we are going to have to get pat...i am up in the air on this...BUT,my guess is black willow...pat,is one of the main people for this..john

[Acutus]

Blacktail and I are thinking along the same lines. the one thing that stops me is the leaves seem to grow in groups of three. Leaf shape definitely suggest willow though. I'm only using one book right now too I have others to check but won't have them til at least tomorrow.

[Almostpighunter]

As this is Las Vegas, I hope I did not mislead by giving the impression that this is a tree native to the area. The desert environment here means that most of the trees that are used in landscaping here are from somewhere else which is probably the case here. Other than tumbleweeds, cactus and neon signs, I have no idea what comes out of the ground here.

[Acutus]

yeah it could be almost from anywhere. I have other books that cover commonly used landscaping trees as well as native. So hopefully one of those will help or someone else will know.

[fishfinder401]

my guess would be some sort of willow, the leaves look like my native willow, but different bark

[Pat B]

Willow!

[sharpend60]

Willow, very little doubt.
I don't know what kind however.
You could do a SG test to see what kinnda bow you could make from it.

Mesquite grows round there, Ive seen in.
I guess some have made decent bows from it.

There are also oaks in the canyons and drainages, seen em too.

[Almostpighunter]

Thanks guys! Don't know if the pieces I cut will make a viable bow or not, but if they do its gonna have some crazy snake to it (WHEEEE!!!!!). My wife also gave me the go ahead to cut the rest of that one trunk, so there may be some straighter pieces as well. Of course, I'll report it here, whatever the outcome may be  .

[crooketarrow]

   It dose look like willow limbs and  leaves but not the bark, willows use'lly grow from a single trunk. But I say it's some sort of  yard ordament tree.

[DarkSoul]

It does resemble Eucalyptus a bit... Do the (fresh) leaves have that typical smell when bruised?

I'm not sure though.

[Mangeur de lard]

I would have said willow too but the leaves are opposed, on willow they are alternate.