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Offline KShip85

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Re: Another wood ID
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2010, 07:23:59 pm »
Hmmm, that might be a bit of a strike against it, I don't ever recall seeing a nut on it.  Of course the other nut tree doesn't produce either not to mention the peaches don't exactly fill the freezer either.  I'll just let it dry awhile and then by the time the leaves come out and help me identify it it might be ready to work down a little.  Thanks again for the help guys

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Re: Another wood ID
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2010, 07:46:13 pm »
i'm sticking with a birch of some sort
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Re: Another wood ID
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2010, 05:22:01 am »
Give us a pic of the whole tree.
Hazel vs Birch can be V difficult to tell just from the bark. Hazel is often coppiced in the UK and will grow up as a load of long straight shoots. It doesn't often get much over 5" diameter, long and pretty straight, bark can be silvery or coppery coloured.
One of my fave bows 'Birch with bark left on' turned out to be Hazel...whoops.

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Offline KShip85

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Re: Another wood ID
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2010, 11:44:36 am »
Del, yeah it's much more like a shrub than a tree, probably at least twenty 2 inch shoots going up pretty straight for about 12 feet.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Another wood ID
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2010, 11:56:56 am »
Kip is this bush a naturally occurring plant or has the area been replanted with a variety of plants? Are there others of the same plant around?
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Offline KShip85

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Re: Another wood ID
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2010, 03:32:36 pm »
Pat, I am almost certain my grandfather planted the tree from a nursery or something.  It's the only one there too.  Does hazel need more than one tree to produce nuts well?
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