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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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yew to trade for serviceberry
« on: May 05, 2019, 09:44:18 pm »
It's supposed to grow in my area, but damned if I can find it yet. Until I do, I'm keeping a stave or two of good pacific yew in reserve to trade for some serviceberry.
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2019, 10:11:21 am »
Talk to High Desert!  It helps to be near the coast though, I think )-w( (lol)! 
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2019, 11:19:14 am »
It can look a lot like Ocean Spray. in fact the first piece I cut I thought it was OS until I got home. It was growing in the middle of an OS clump. Once you've found one it can make it easier to pick out. The round leaves are my clue.
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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2019, 07:23:25 pm »
Ok thanks that's helpful
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Offline Bryce

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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2019, 01:38:27 am »
Gotta wait for the leaves to fully come out to identify it. Be patient and you’ll see it all over.
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2019, 08:56:06 am »
I find it in the same kind of area that OS likes. The area I gather in is 35-40 year old second growth. Saskatoon(serviceberry) grows tall in that stuff and the leaves seem to be only at the top so "look up, look way up".  ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2019, 09:13:35 am »
Eastern and Western serviceberry are different, same genus, different species. I could probably find a suitable Eastern serviceberry tree to cut if you'd be interested in it. The Eastern variety are understory trees here where the Western variety is more of a multi-stemmed shrub.
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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2019, 06:26:05 am »
I don't think it grows here much. I expected to find it last spring, and I looked hard. But nada. I just haven't found the right pocket I guess.
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2019, 07:30:28 pm »
Quote from: Taxus brevifolia on May 08, 2019, 06:26:05 am
I don't think it grows here much. I expected to find it last spring, and I looked hard. But nada. I just haven't found the right pocket I guess.

It does. It’s about as prevalent as OS. Oval shaped leaves that are slightly serrated.
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2019, 01:20:45 am »
Ok I'll keep looking. Thanks!
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2019, 04:16:53 pm »
I have a stave from a 4" tree that has been sitting in a corner for more than 10 years.
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2019, 05:48:23 pm »
I'd be jazzed to find a 4" serviceberry!
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2019, 09:11:49 am »
That’d make a big ole arrow!
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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2019, 09:57:46 pm »
It'd make a good bow, I think
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Offline Sagebrush

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Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2019, 03:51:51 pm »
In eastern Washington I find it a bit lower in elevation than OS. Bigger stuff is around water. Berries are on now. Easiest to find in April when in bloom.
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