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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: half eye on May 05, 2015, 11:17:47 am

Title: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: half eye on May 05, 2015, 11:17:47 am

Fellas, I came across a small stand of these bushy trees, never seen any before. I am wondering if it is either thorn berry    or   buckthorn perhaps? it has clusters of small reddish berries dried on last years stems. The small branchs look like in the pics, but the tree has sort of smooth silvery bark and the "trees are only about 2" in diameter.

Thanks for any help
rich

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Pat B on May 05, 2015, 11:30:01 am

Looks like rose to me. Will you take a pic of the plant?

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Josh B on May 05, 2015, 11:33:56 am

Were the berries hard like tiny crabapples ?  It looks like some species of rose.  Especially the thorns and buds. Josh

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Josh B on May 05, 2015, 11:35:45 am

Pat beat me to it.

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Chippintuff on May 05, 2015, 11:47:21 am

Another vote for rose.

WA

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: half eye on May 05, 2015, 02:35:21 pm

Thank you fellas, did not know that rose got that big....I'll take a camera tomorrow when I go out after some ironwood.
rich

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 05, 2015, 02:45:19 pm

Id call that rose as well. I have seen it over 1" round up here Rich.

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: wildman on May 05, 2015, 11:01:23 pm

Rich , I give another vote for rose. Down here I have seen then 2" across or better. and over head high.

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Eric Krewson on May 06, 2015, 09:54:15 am

Multiflora rose, this was another of our countries invasive species snafus. It was introduced and enthusiastically promoted as a natural fence in the 50s. My dad planted it and found it spread so quickly that a foot wide fence became 10 ft and expanding in short order. To get rid of it he had to dig it up roots and all, a huge task.

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/multiflorarose.shtml

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: half eye on May 06, 2015, 05:23:28 pm

Thank you to everyone.... checked the pictures (thanks Eric) the rose call was exactly right. Thanks everybody.
rich

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Loope on May 06, 2015, 08:22:55 pm

I have heard that it makes good arrows.  I just cut a bunch of very straight shoots of rose.  Knocked off the thorns with my knife and letting them dry.  Will remove the bark later and give them a try.

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: Blaflair2 on May 07, 2015, 11:26:26 am

U gonna get after a bow made of it rich? I wish I could find some that thick

Title: Re: What type of tree is this ?
Post by: caveman2533 on May 07, 2015, 02:38:19 pm

In the winter when deer hunting I enjoy  chewing the rose hips and sucking the flavor from them, the flesh is thin  and I will just spit the seeds. Makes a great tea also.
Extremely high in Vitamin C, don't over do it and if you make tea strain it thru a coffee filter.  The berries have a fine hairy fiber in them that will irritate the intestine and you will regret over doing it.