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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mohawk on August 27, 2007, 02:28:31 am

Title: Help identifying this wood
Post by: Mohawk on August 27, 2007, 02:28:31 am

I was walking through the woods and came across a fallen tree.  All the trees in the immediate area are either hickory or maple, but this one (which has been down less than 2 months, the last time i was through there) had no leaves left on it, and I dont know enough to make an educated guess between the two, so i thought you guys might be able to.

sorry the pics suck, but my camera is not great.  Thanks!

(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1396/treeeg6.jpg)
(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/826/tree2cq2.jpg)

Title: Re: Help identifying this wood
Post by: a finnish native on August 27, 2007, 10:16:32 am

I'm no expert but I would say that it's maple.

Title: Re: Help identifying this wood
Post by: Hillbilly on August 27, 2007, 01:09:19 pm

Hard to tell from the pics. It seems to have opposite branching, which narrows it down a bit. Maple and ash both have opposite leaves/branches. How big is the tree? It would also help if you had your location filled in in your profile.

Title: Re: Help identifying this wood
Post by: DanaM on August 27, 2007, 02:37:53 pm

It looks like a young soft maple, did you look on the ground for the fallen leaves?

Title: Re: Help identifying this wood
Post by: froplord on August 27, 2007, 09:59:33 pm

http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeID.cfm

Title: Re: Help identifying this wood
Post by: Hrothgar on August 27, 2007, 10:02:14 pm

It kinda looks the trunk of the red maple in my front yard. How big around or thick is the butt end of this log?