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Offline bow101

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Gnarly tree
« on: November 04, 2014, 11:50:09 pm »
There are some Gnarly trees in this area but this one gives a whole new meaning to twisted.   :o   the second photo shows the leaves that are about 3" long and the tree has tiny seed pods like a maple.
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Offline bow101

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2014, 11:54:02 pm »
Another shot
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2014, 12:10:35 am »
Some kinda locust
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Offline randman

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2014, 12:13:35 am »
Looks like Black Locust to me except the leaves aren't that big.....and the pods are long and dark brown
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Offline DC

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2014, 12:21:35 am »
It's not a big Gary Oak is it? There's nothing like that on this end of the Island.
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Offline randman

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2014, 12:53:03 am »
Oaks have acorns and different shaped leaves
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Offline DC

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2014, 01:19:50 am »
Oh crap, I never saw the leaves :-[ :-[
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2014, 02:02:54 am »
There's a 200+ year old ash tree that lives down my street, looks a lot  that
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Offline huisme

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2014, 02:10:22 am »
My money's on locust, the gnarly branches are all too familiar  ::)
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2014, 02:15:06 am »
Ya it's hard to tell how big those leaves are
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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2014, 03:06:58 am »
Black locust - find a straight set of billets!
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2014, 08:32:15 am »
That's a black locust for sure.

The leaves are about 8-10" long, while the leaflets are up to 1½". It's a compound leaf. The pods are nothing similar to maple. I can't understand why you make that comparison. Black locust has bean like pods with several hard seeds inside. Maple has one winged nuts.

Black locust is excellent bow wood, although this particular tree seems to have too much twist and too many knots.
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Offline bow101

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2014, 11:57:22 am »
Quote from: DarkSoul on November 05, 2014, 08:32:15 am
That's a black locust for sure.

The leaves are about 8-10" long, while the leaflets are up to 1½". It's a compound leaf. The pods are nothing similar to maple. I can't understand why you make that comparison. Black locust has bean like pods with several hard seeds inside. Maple has one winged nuts.

Black locust is excellent bow wood, although this particular tree seems to have too much twist and too many knots.

 It's a compound leaf and the pods are like you said  bean like. And apparently it is native to only BC in Canada.   ;D Now I know what the tree across the street from me is.  Black locust is still quite rare here.    ::)
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2014, 02:36:53 pm »
I thought BL was rare too, but I see it growing wild everywhere in Vancouver.
I scored a trees worth last spring ( about 20 staves!). Good thing or I'd for sure
be doing some pruning around here
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Offline Webradbury

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Re: Gnarly tree
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2014, 07:46:53 pm »
I bet the headless horseman hangs out around that tree at night! Wow!
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