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Offline madcrow

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I need a woodsologist to identify these.
« on: January 03, 2008, 05:03:55 pm »
Are the top two pics wild rose?  We just call them briars here.





I have an abundance of this stuff growing in the woods behind the house.  It had some sort of purple looking seed pods growing on it.  I was just wondering what it was and if it would make good arrows.



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Offline wolfsire

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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2008, 05:45:41 pm »
The top two do look like rose to me.  It is hard to say without flowers and leaves.  Actually, they look like domestic rose.

As to the rest, and those, i would ID them as arrows in the making :P
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2008, 06:48:29 pm »
Looks like privet.  Its an invasive exotic so help eliminate it. ;)  It makes good arrows, has hard wood when cured but WILL check if debarked too soon.  Pat
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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2008, 08:28:03 pm »
Nothin up here has leaves right now so I'm no help ;D
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Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2008, 10:27:28 pm »
That's what I was thinking - rose and privet. Haven't tried either, but their around. Both work fine I've heard..
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Re: I need a woodsologist to identify these.
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2008, 08:46:15 am »
Looks like Multiflora rose and Chinese privet. Both make good arrows and both are foreign and invasive as hell, so like Pat said, cut all of them  :) On the rose, look for straight shoots at least two years old. The current season's growth is usually too limber and pithy for good arrows.
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