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Offline huisme

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Tree ID: Elm?
« on: October 24, 2013, 01:39:24 pm »
So I finally cut down the tree in the front yard since the PUD had the wires down, and I just want to see if my first guess was right.

The tree does have spots of rot (part of why it needed to come down), but the rings look nice and I know from a branch that fell off that it's good and dense.

The bark is mangled due to the dozens of woodpeckers we get around here, but I'm hoping it's still intact enough to give a species with the leaves on top.

Wait a minute...


What the heck is this vine maple thing doing out here  ??? ??? ???
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2013, 01:45:05 pm »
I don't know but tht last pic gave me a laugh lol
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Offline huisme

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2013, 03:54:58 pm »
Quote from: Joec123able on October 24, 2013, 01:45:05 pm
I don't know but tht last pic gave me a laugh lol

It's one of the bows I'm debating posting next and the one I've been shooting the most recently.

I still need help identifying the tree, though.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2013, 04:27:53 pm »
Its elm.
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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 04:25:12 am »
I dunno what kind...but it certainly looks like an elm to me.
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Offline huisme

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2013, 02:34:42 pm »
Alright, thanks guys. It looks like I can get about forty staves from this tree if I'm lazy and make em really big, but I'll probably get closer to fifty since I'm overconfident with my wedges  >:D
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2013, 03:02:58 pm »
  Those are diffently elm leaves.
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Offline SamIAm

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2013, 03:04:16 pm »
Yeah, it's elm but man look at the growth rings on that thing.  You live in a swamp?
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Offline The Gopher

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2013, 05:20:54 pm »
Quote from: SamIAm on October 25, 2013, 03:04:16 pm
Yeah, it's elm but man look at the growth rings on that thing.  You live in a swamp?

I thought the same thing!
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Offline huisme

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Re: Tree ID: Elm?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2013, 06:56:25 pm »
Quote from: SamIAm on October 25, 2013, 03:04:16 pm
Yeah, it's elm but man look at the growth rings on that thing.  You live in a swamp?

Western Washington foothills, so one better  ;)
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Mollegabets all day long.
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