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Offline Pat B

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2018, 06:41:03 pm »
My first thought was persimmon after seeing the bark but the leaves don't look like the persimmons around here.
DC is right, there are male and female persimmon trees.  DC, I've seen young persimmon trees bear fruit. They may have been 10 years old but I don't know for sure.
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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2018, 06:58:29 pm »
The bark on this tree is really soft...feels like cork.
All the persimmon trees I've seen have black bark once they've gotten to this size also, I've seen them fruit within 5 years. The leaves are different than persimmon, too.

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2018, 12:45:37 pm »
I just split the log. The wood's pretty lightweight, very white colored, and seems pretty soft. The bark wasn't easy to just pull off by hand (kinda brittle), so I shaved it off with a drawknife. There were no fruits or seeds on the tree at all.

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2018, 03:22:01 pm »
Persimmon trees can be either sex and can change sex yearly so a lack of fruit production can be misleading. If this wood is tight grained and fairly hard I would think its a type of persimmon.
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2018, 08:44:02 am »
Persimmon is a simple leaf, so this can't be persimmon. The leaves looks ash-ish, but I don't know much about East coast trees.
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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2018, 09:37:26 am »
it definitely is NOT persimmon..gut

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2018, 11:25:23 am »
I am pretty sure it is ash, I pulled up a picture of a black ash leave and it is a match. All the ash where I hunt has similar bark.

Offline nsherve

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2018, 05:40:24 pm »
Is black ash worth anything?

Offline Mailman Bill

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2018, 09:39:46 pm »
I first thought it might be Hackberry but with no fruits or seeds on the tree at all I'm doubting my thoughts.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: any idea what kind of tree this is?
« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2018, 11:19:32 am »
Is that a compound leaf with leaflets or are they individual leaves?
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