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Offline medic336

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Tree ID Help?
« on: February 22, 2011, 08:00:27 pm »
Trying to determine the species of this tree without being invasive. Any help would be appreciated. Its about 60" at the stump and about 70' tall. Maybe  black locust just the largest I've seen around here. . Hoping for a stray Osage. What do you guys think?
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 08:08:16 pm »
didn't see any thorns.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2011, 01:31:06 am »
Looks like osage to me. Cut a branch and you will know for sure.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2011, 12:58:03 pm »
Thanks Pat. Will do some cutting as soon as I get the time.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2011, 11:25:54 pm »
Looks like osage to me. Can you get a pic of a twig?
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2011, 11:45:32 pm »
 Man! If there is Osage that big in Alabama, I'm ready for a road trip.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 10:42:07 am »
There are some bigger that that if you know where to look. ::)
I dont cut Osage trees that big.  Thay are to hard to bust.
Could be that I am just lazy. :D

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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 11:09:06 am »
Yea, that's osage. And David: Judging by the day me and you tackled that one tree - you ain't lazy ;D.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2011, 12:04:44 pm »
It also looks like a big mature Locust. My father-n-law has a big mature tree in his yard, in WV that looks just like that one.

I suppose you just located it or you would have seen the big grapefruit balls on the ground this past fall. I'm not certain how long they lay before they deteriorate into the ground. I am not certain that "all" Osage drop fruit each year???
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2011, 01:55:47 pm »
Looks like a big gnarly osage tree to me.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2011, 07:10:17 pm »
went to break off a piece(didn't have saw) and found the thorns that I didn't see before. I now have several small lacerations on hands and arms. Still not sure how I didn't see those thorns. Now time to get permission from the land owner to climb and get a few good straight limbs from it. Still haven't seen any heartwood.Thanks for the replies. I had no Idea there was any Osage within 150 miles of this area.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2011, 02:23:51 am »
Quote from: nclonghunter on February 25, 2011, 12:04:44 pm
It also looks like a big mature Locust. My father-n-law has a big mature tree in his yard, in WV that looks just like that one.

I suppose you just located it or you would have seen the big grapefruit balls on the ground this past fall. I'm not certain how long they lay before they deteriorate into the ground. I am not certain that "all" Osage drop fruit each year???

Osage trees are dioeocious-seperate male and female trees.Only the females have fruit.
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2011, 01:15:59 pm »
Thanks Hillbilly, I did not know that about the female/male difference of Osage. I guess there's no difference in bow quality of the two.
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2011, 01:36:54 pm »
Longhunter, some say there is a difference. I don't have access to enough osage to make that call. IMO it is all good!  ;D
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Re: Tree ID Help?
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2011, 11:51:06 am »
   I could never tell but the old guy I learned from said that female trees away from water (thin ringed 1/16 down to 5/32) made the best bows. I've made lots of bows of each close rings up to 1/4". even made a bow out oif one ring once (1/2") it also turner out good. TO MANY VAIRABLES MALE,FEMALE, RING SIZE, LEANTH OF BOWS,POUNDAGE. I COULD NEVER SEE ANY DIFFERENCES.

   I'd say it looks like O'SAGE.
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