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Offline Jimbob

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Osage ID?
« on: November 01, 2011, 04:26:09 am »
Can anyone show me pictures of an osage tree and do you know if it can be found in NC?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 12:11:44 pm »
I don't have a pic but I know osage grows in NC. Look for the balls!  ::)
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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 12:20:51 pm »
Jimbob, It's also called Hedge Apple, the "apples" are the balls PatB was talking about.  Sorry if you were expecting a different type of balls.  :o  ???  ;)
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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 01:50:56 pm »
Thanks Guys!! Now I remember seeing those.  Thank you!!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2011, 01:52:54 pm »
Google Maclure pomafera and see what comes up! Should have good pics, discriptions and it's range.
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Offline lowell

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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 03:12:25 pm »
They don't all have balls!!! :-[

  But that is a very good sign!! 8)
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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2011, 03:17:00 pm »
Only the girl trees do!  ;D
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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2011, 03:41:55 pm »
Here's an old thread of mine that shows us finding and cutting osage.   http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,26710.0.html however, I'm like the rest of the guys and tend to look for the fruit.  In the winter time when the leaves are down, osage trees have a slight yellow tint to them from a distance.  Also, look for thorns on new growth.

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2011, 04:52:26 pm »
Here are a couple of pictures.





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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2011, 05:25:53 pm »
Great looking shoots on some of those trees, Clint.  ;)
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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2011, 06:25:36 pm »
I think I will let them grow for a while ;)
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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2011, 06:35:27 pm »
2" diameter will make a great bow!
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2011, 07:37:33 pm »
Really Pat?  2" diameter around here will have no heartwood at all.

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Osage ID?
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2011, 10:24:10 pm »
Pat, they are plenty big enough, I just don't need any more right now.  Plus, I have been trying to only cut the trees that have fell over and saving the standing trees for the years ahead.  My grandpa cut a ton of osage for firewood many years ago so there is a lot of great second growth.



Here is a picture of the fruit and leaves.

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« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2011, 11:23:55 pm »
The osage tree my bow is leaning on is what you wanna look for. Its perfectly pipe straight and clean of knots,catfaces,and borer holes. A great example,but unfortunetly this ones off limits to the saw. :'(

 
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