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Offline BowJunkie

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Help with Tree I.D.
« on: June 21, 2011, 01:15:49 pm »
Anyone know what kind of wood this is?
Too long and too straight to pass it up.
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Offline BowJunkie

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Re: Help with Tree I.D.
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 01:18:00 pm »
Also the leaves.... Broad Heart shaped leaves, fuzzy on both sides.
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Offline okie64

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Re: Help with Tree I.D.
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2011, 02:10:51 pm »
Just going off the pics I'd say mulberry, hard to say though.
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Offline BowJunkie

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Re: Help with Tree I.D.
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 02:53:30 pm »
Here is pics of the leaf
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Help with Tree I.D.
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2011, 03:04:31 pm »
The bark is very young mulberry-esk, but of course if there's no orange on the inside then it's probably not.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Mangeur de lard

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Re: Help with Tree I.D.
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2011, 03:09:00 pm »
I'm pretty sure it's striped maple (acer pensylvanicum). It does usually grow straight and free of knots, albeit a bit rapidly. Medium to low density, could make a low-medium poundage bow if left wide and long.

Hope it helps!
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Offline turmoiler

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Re: Help with Tree I.D.
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2011, 03:30:10 pm »
It is Broussonetia papyrifera "paper mulberry":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Mulberry

It's an invasive tree from china, osage family but without heartwood. Never tried as bowwood but some years ago I cut a small tree and it cracked badly.
 
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