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Offline Joec123able

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Re: tree ID, please...Hackberry?
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2013, 01:04:19 am »
I guess there is one question left, is bow making wood.




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Offline Pat B

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Re: tree ID, please...Hackberry?
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2013, 10:28:15 am »
I was thinking Chinese Tallow Tree too. They grew all around Savannah when I lived there.
  Where do you live? Tallow trees can't take too much cold....you can get tallow from the fruit. It was used in colonial times for candles.
 It is not a Bradford Pear.   
Eric, the bradford pears have weak structure(very steep limb angle) but the wood is strong like any other Pyrus(pears).
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Re: tree ID, please...Hackberry?
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2013, 12:10:58 am »
Ha!
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: tree ID, please...Hackberry?
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2013, 09:24:45 am »
99% sure it's a Tallow Tree.
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Re: tree ID, please...Hackberry?
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2013, 09:44:23 am »
I guess there is one question left, is bow making wood.
After a little research I believe I have found this tree. Not a Bradford Pear or other ornamental pear, but a Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica Sebifera). The bark and leaf shape were a big factor in the ID and of course the fruit as well. It is considered an invasive species:

Have a look: http://www.texasinvasives.org/plant_database/detail.php?symbol=TRSE6

You got it. Tallow tree is invasive throughout the deep south. I have no idea if it's good bow wood, but I'd kind of doubt it. It's fast-growing and likely brittle, light wood.
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Re: tree ID, please...Hackberry?
« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2013, 07:15:27 pm »
Just FYI...I talked to the owner today and he confirmed it is Chinese Tallow or "popcorn tree". Apparently the berries open up to a white popcorn looking bloom thing. He sells wood for a living and said it is a soft wood. Thanks for all the responses.
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