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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ccase39 on October 29, 2015, 04:12:20 pm

Title: Another tree ID
Post by: ccase39 on October 29, 2015, 04:12:20 pm

It appears to be another white tree. Starting to think I have a forest of Gum trees around. Anyone got a guess?

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: Josh B on October 29, 2015, 04:34:22 pm

Looks like a willow to me.  Josh

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: Hrothgar on October 29, 2015, 05:20:06 pm

Looks like black willow, although willow oak has a similar leaf and bark. Any acorns around the base? Was it growing near a river?

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: ccase39 on October 29, 2015, 06:08:03 pm

Didn't see acorns but it was near some lowlands. Not a river but drainage canal. It's canopy was high at the top with few branches until the top.

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: Hrothgar on October 29, 2015, 06:22:40 pm

Probably black willow, an oak would tend to have leaflets in clumps.

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: PatM on October 29, 2015, 06:23:46 pm

Willow. The oak may have similar single leaves but the arrangement is different.

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: ccase39 on October 29, 2015, 06:49:37 pm

Is there a bow in it?

Title: Re: Another tree ID
Post by: bowandarrow473 on October 29, 2015, 08:51:38 pm

Willow is a poor bow wood, but it is possible to make a bow from it. I wouldn't recommend it though.