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Far East Archer

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Tree ID please
« on: November 06, 2007, 11:37:33 am »
Hello  :),
There is this tree we got over here that my brother has made a bow from, but we never did ID it so I would like to know what it is. The bark is a whitish gray color, sometimes light brown. The wood has very fine rings and it has reddish heart wood and tan sap wood. When first cut this tree contains a lot of water and drips after cutting, similar to a vine of some sort. The wood itself seems strong in tension but not so well in compression, also its light weight so maybe around .50 - .60 sg. Here are some pictures of the leaves:





Sorry, don't have anymore pictures so I hope you will be able to tell from the ones I got. :-[

Alex
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Offline snedeker

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2007, 11:40:07 am »
Boy, that's like nothing I've ever seen, with those bilobed leaves
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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2007, 01:03:43 pm »
Where do you live?
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Minuteman

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2007, 01:51:35 pm »
Kinda looks like a redbud.But its not the same kinda leaf I think , would be nice to have pics of the bark as well.
 I looked through my Eastern tree book and found nothing that matched it.
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Offline bootboy

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2007, 07:13:19 pm »
this is a bit weird i was out on a walk in the woods along the river today and I saw a few of these things, i was wondering what it is aswell.
Mine where about 2" at the widest part and maybe 10 feet tall
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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2007, 08:24:35 pm »
Well I have my book out too.The closest thing I found that looks like it is Witch- Hazel,Southern Witch-Hazel,Hamamelis virginiana L. It grows in Nova Scotia to central Fl,E.Texas to S Ontario.
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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2007, 08:31:58 pm »
It is not witch hazel. I've got tons of witch hazel around here and it is all in full bloom. ;D   Where FEArcher is from will shed a lot of light as to what it is. Looks tropical to me but I've never seen it before.  Pat
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2007, 08:35:07 pm »
Not real sure with little info but could be yellowwood.
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2007, 09:02:56 pm »
 Pat,He is from Nova Scotia I believe.It actually looked like an Orchid Tree to me,but I didn't know if it would live that far north.
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Far East Archer

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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2007, 10:58:24 am »
hahaha no, I am not from Nova Scotia or even near it ;) I'm in Okinawa, Japan. I'll get some more picture of the tree tomorrow. Hopefully that will get us somewhere. :)

Alex
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Re: Tree ID please
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2007, 05:32:41 pm »
  Ha,Ha,Got you confused with somebody else.I might not be far off with the Japanese Orchid tree.They grow wild all around Central Fl.
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