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Offline Josh

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tree id please! <<buggin me
« on: February 20, 2010, 10:28:28 pm »
down a backroad close to where i live there are a poop-ton of these trees... they are easily identified cause they all have these peach colored dead leaves on them... what are they?   Thanks for looking.  :)









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Offline jthompson1995

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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2010, 10:32:51 pm »
American Beech, Fagus grandifolia. No doubt about it, bark leaves and buds are dead on.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2010, 10:45:07 pm »
thanks, Jason!  you rock!   :)
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2010, 12:37:52 am »
Beeches always hold their leaves longer than most other trees in the winter. Definitely beech.
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Re: tree id please! <<buggin me
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2010, 01:34:48 am »
Defenatley Beech...it generally has a smooth grey bark and the leaves turn that dry orangy color in the winter.  Also the leaves of the beech seem to stay on in the winter.  You can also confirm it by looking around the base of tree u should find the beech nut...small and burely, squirrels and chipmunks eat them.

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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2010, 01:52:45 am »
Awesome you know how they say you learn something new everyday... well thanks for teaching me something new guys..... I was driving down this road today and they are just mixed in with all the other trees and they just looked  so awesome I had to know what they were... Thanks again!   :)
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 02:23:04 am »
Just noticed this...but I can add...that this is definitely Beech too.......... ;)
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2010, 02:29:45 am »
...thanks Mike!   ;D
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2010, 09:05:25 am »
Deer will eat those beech nuts as well.
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2010, 10:06:40 am »
And all the little trees close by will probly be  "sons of....    >:D
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2010, 10:20:46 am »
 I have made a bow with Beech and it is awesome , but I was told that it can cause eye cancer from the minute particles that float around from filing or sanding it .  8)
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Re: tree id please! <<buggin me
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2010, 10:31:32 am »
The leaf buds are very distinct on beech trees. Looks like an elongated cone.
  Josh, now that you can identify them you will see beech trees everywhere. ;D
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2010, 10:52:14 am »
LOL, Timo! Tim Baker lists beech as a possible cause for eye cancer. So wear glasses and dust mask and keep the sawdust down.  :) Jawge
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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2010, 12:08:58 pm »
Timo - that's exactly what I named my bow " Son of Beech "  Lol !! :D
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« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2010, 12:14:05 pm »
Have you ever been able to find a Documented Study on Beech and Cancer?? I have looked all over...and asked the three family Members I have in the Medical proffession...and they have all come up empty....Nose Cancer is 40% higher in Woodworkers than any other Craft....We all know that any kind of Dust particles are  no good to Breath ...period....don't matter whether it's Sawdust...or Coal Dust....it's all Dust and causes Irritations of some sort... Contact with the dust of many hardwoods can cause conjunctivitis (eye inflammation).... hay fever.... asthma.... coughing..... and other respiratory diseases...... Canadian and Western Red Cedar are examples..... Like Jawge said...wear eye glasses and a dust mask

here is a good list of Guidelines on Wood and it's potential health problems.....

http://www.mimf.com/archives/toxic.htm
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