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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: nsherve on August 15, 2018, 05:39:37 pm

Title: any idea what kind of tree this is?
Post by: nsherve on August 15, 2018, 05:39:37 pm: just saw it the other day...
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Post by: Coonst on August 15, 2018, 05:46:34 pm: It looks like Diospyros kaki to me.
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Post by: nsherve on August 15, 2018, 05:58:42 pm: I would, too, except the bark is so light colored. All the persimmon trees I see are black when they're old enough for the bark to form that way.
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Post by: nsherve on August 15, 2018, 06:21:02 pm: ...more than one trunk
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Post by: Danzn Bar on August 15, 2018, 06:26:46 pm: Could be ash...…..
DBar
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Post by: nsherve on August 15, 2018, 06:40:25 pm: can't see any seeds or fruit on it....I may just cut it down if I get the time.
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Post by: Hawkdancer on August 15, 2018, 10:18:38 pm: Got a local forester? I'm with DBar, could be ash.
Hawkdancer
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Post by: nsherve on August 16, 2018, 05:29:18 am: Would ash be worth anything?
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Post by: Hrothgar on August 16, 2018, 06:37:55 am: At first glance I was thinking persimmon. But if the leaves are opposite (versus alternating) it can't be.
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Post by: High-Desert on August 16, 2018, 07:47:13 am: Is that 5 leaves your holding, or one leaf with 5 leaflets?
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Post by: nsherve on August 16, 2018, 09:36:08 am: I’d need to go check again on the leafs...
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Post by: burtonridr on August 17, 2018, 08:43:31 am: Pretty sure that is not Ash.... We have ash around here, the leaves and bark are different than the pictures. Unless it is a different variety.
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Post by: nsherve on August 17, 2018, 04:04:30 pm: 5 leaflets on one leaf...I just checked
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Post by: nsherve on August 17, 2018, 04:08:26 pm: And, I still haven't found any fruit or seeds on the tree
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Post by: DC on August 17, 2018, 05:39:04 pm: I read that some Persimmons take 10 years to fruit. There are also male and female Persimmons.
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Post by: Pat B 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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Post by: nsherve 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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Post by: nsherve 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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Post by: Hrothgar 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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Post by: High-Desert 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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Post by: gutpile on August 22, 2018, 09:37:26 am: it definitely is NOT persimmon..gut
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Post by: Eric Krewson 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.
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Post by: nsherve on August 23, 2018, 05:40:24 pm: Is black ash worth anything?
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Post by: Mailman Bill 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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Post by: Pat B on November 20, 2018, 11:19:32 am: Is that a compound leaf with leaflets or are they individual leaves?