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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #30 on: May 18, 2017, 09:16:16 pm »
More pictures! This is driving me nuts!
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #31 on: May 18, 2017, 09:33:56 pm »
I think black gum - if you google images, the bark looks very similar.  More pictures would be good though.
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« Reply #32 on: May 18, 2017, 09:37:54 pm »
I'll get Some more pics tomorrow yes this is driving me nuts to
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Offline Dakota Kid

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #33 on: May 18, 2017, 09:49:52 pm »
Could be black gum, but I'm thinking maybe sourwood as well. PA is just on the northern edge of the tree's range which would make it uncommon but possible.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #34 on: May 18, 2017, 10:29:26 pm »
Any signs of flower or fruit? It does look rather like Black Gum (tupelo).
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #35 on: May 19, 2017, 07:20:56 am »
Not sourwood  and I don 't think gum either.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #36 on: May 19, 2017, 08:10:45 am »
I'm surprised Pearly hasn't guessed Mongolian Tulip yet  ;D
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Offline Hrothgar

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« Reply #37 on: May 19, 2017, 08:39:22 am »
Kinda hard to tell from the pictures, but are the leaves 5 bladed? If its Ohio buckeye you should be able to grind up the leaves or bark and take a whiff, if it stinks its another indicator of a buckeye.
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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #38 on: May 19, 2017, 09:05:08 am »
Those leaves are singular and not compound.
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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #39 on: May 19, 2017, 09:35:39 am »
I only have a tree ID book for Minnesota.  I looked through my entire book and didn't find that tree so it must not grow here.  It does look like now wood to me though.  Nice and straight.  I would cut one and split it up into staves.

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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #40 on: May 19, 2017, 07:50:07 pm »
I've got my money on Blackgum until someone proves me wrong. It's found in PA and check out this bark pic I got off a reputable website...
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #41 on: May 19, 2017, 07:52:06 pm »
And here's a leaf pic...
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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #42 on: May 19, 2017, 11:27:47 pm »
Looks like blackgum to me. 
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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #43 on: May 20, 2017, 09:15:53 am »
You could be very well right Jeff.Looks like it.Is black gum good bow wood?I don't have it here.
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Offline timmyd

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Re: Tree ID help
« Reply #44 on: May 20, 2017, 09:40:13 am »
I don't know if this matters but the leaf pics of black gum I've seen online have 5 leaflets. These trees have 4. Again not sure if that makes a difference.

That's why I'm trying to identify this tree...some of them have nice trunks that would yield plenty of staves if it's a bow wood
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