Fastest growing trees suitable for bows?

[leif]

what are the faster growing trees suitable for bows?
I only know of black locust and bamboo(not a tree) are there any others that grow faster?

[DC]

Hazel.

[simson]

are already in the woods, just don't forget your saw!

[Hamish]

Coppiced ash.

[Dante_F]

all mulberry, red mulberry is best in performance, grows fast and has tasty fruit. red can make a bow similar to osage but little wider and longer (10% to 25%)
ill be working on some soon after some "selective trimming"

[Dante_F]

there's also eastern red cedar and some other junipers. I have a feeling eastern red cedar would do well backed by locust. osage has also been known to grow fast and is invasive in the mediterranian

[avcase]

I second the vote for black locust and osage. I went from osage seeds to trees large enough to make bows in less than seven years (trunks about 7” in diameter).

Alan

[Limbit]

Teak is the fastest growing hardwood and it is able to make a bow. Not that it is going to be common Stateside.

[Limbit]

Mulberry grows quickly as well.

[Hrothgar]

In n. Missouri the mulberry as mentioned, there is also some fast growing elm around the railroad tracks and old houses.