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Offline SA

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tree id please...
« on: September 20, 2011, 08:17:35 pm »
ok was workin in western okla. and we came across a tree that looked like  a  pretty straight 18' Osage tree in the woods,so in our haste started cutting and realized "no yellow wood" . I have cut plenty of Osage trees but this was the first time to be fooled so (kinda felt dumb   :-[) . but the bark and leaves looked similar and it had small thorns on the limbs it even smelled a little like Osage sapwood.So what kind of tree is it i look in my field guide and  a few looked close shingle oak , maybe Russian olive(maybe some wierd hybrid that would be cool jk) ? i don't know any help appreciated .
thanks,sa
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Offline fishfinder401

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 11:17:15 pm »
im no  expert but my first thought when seeing the bark was ash
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Offline PeteC

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 11:21:37 pm »
It looks like Gum Bumelia, to me. JMHO God Bless
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Offline SA

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 11:45:29 pm »
petec - i googled  gum bumelia and that looks alot like it , after we started cuttin and further inspection of the tree we were all a little stumped . guess that what i get for not paying attention.
I  wander if its good bow wood?
Shawn Acker

Offline MWirwicki

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2011, 01:59:59 am »
My first hunch was ash.  The bark, the inside and the leaves are similar (google: "ash tree leaves").  I'm going with my first hunch.
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Offline SA

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2011, 02:07:44 am »
i googled ash but what got me were the thorns.... gum bumelia has thorns.  the bark in the pic does look more like ash but up close resembles osage quite abit , and i just read that gum bumelia is sometimes mistaken for osage . ??????
Shawn Acker

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2011, 02:11:51 am »
forgot about the thorns, sounds like you have a match then
noel
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Offline miketurner

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2011, 04:43:00 pm »
that looks exactly like the oak tree in my yard, I do believe its shingle oak, I know its not ash because I have 4 ash trees , I also have lots of osage trees around and their leaves or more ovate than that . I always thought my oak trees bark looked Identicle to osage bark aswell. I am about 80% its a type of oak , Im gonna say shingle oak like the one in my yard. Only a few oak trees have this oval type leaf most are lobed. Well anyway I hope you make a bow or try this wood because I have wondered what type of bow this type of oak would yeild ya allready harvested it, no need to not try her out. Best of luck to ya.
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Offline beetlebailey1977

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2011, 09:46:53 pm »
yep gum bully or Sideroxylon lanuqinosum
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Offline PeteC

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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2011, 10:58:40 am »
The only reason I have not tried it(Gum Bumelia),yet is because the trees in my fence row are all twisted . It bears a fruit,and should make a decent bow. Try it and let us know.   JMHO  God Bless
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2011, 02:04:46 pm »
what does  "JMHO" mean?
I was HECHO EN MEXICO, but assembled in Texas and I'm Texican as the day is long...  Psalm 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

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Re: tree id please...
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2011, 02:08:15 pm »
Just my honest opinion
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Offline SA

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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2011, 02:24:29 pm »
thanks for the help guys , i have some split and drying can't  wait to try it.
Shawn Acker