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Offline 458MAG

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Tree Identification
« on: June 08, 2012, 02:47:26 am »
First of all, Hello.
Second of all, I need help.  Not psychiatric help but help identifying trees that are in the fence row behind my house, the easiest possible source for potential bow wood.  In that spirit, I have admitted my obliviousness towards tree identification and ask that you might help identify these three different types of trees in this row.  Thank for you any help you can give.
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Offline randman

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2012, 04:04:43 am »
Can't tell what the bark looks like from that pic but if it's thick and warty, my vote goes to hackberry.
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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2012, 05:18:20 am »
Where do you live? Los Angeles? Antananarivo? Paris? Singapore? Makes a huge difference, obviously...

Mystery tree1 I don't know.
Mystery tree2 is Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Mystery tree3 I don't know either.

The pics are very small, which makes ID difficult. Could you post a bigger picture (uploaded at www.tinypic.com) and a close up of that fruit in tree1?
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Offline jthompson1995

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2012, 08:03:34 am »
Tree 1: looks like hackberry
Tree 2: black cherry
Tree 3: box elder

From what I've heard, the first 2 are now woods, not the box elder though.
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2012, 09:17:00 am »
The fruit looks like elderbery. How tall is the tree/shrub?
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Offline okie64

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2012, 09:51:59 am »
1. Hackberry
2. Black cherry
3. looks like mulberry but not 100% sure
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2012, 10:53:26 am »
Just guessing !
Hackberry
Russian olive
Mullberry
Need better pics with something for size reference !
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2012, 11:07:53 am »
  CHERRY
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Offline 458MAG

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2012, 01:30:02 pm »
Thanks for all your help.  The first tree was around 25 feet, the second around 40 and the last around 40.  I live in Southern Illinois.

Here is the first pic in its original format.  http://tinypic.com/r/2h6ujgn/6

Second. http://tinypic.com/r/wsqu0j/6

Third. http://tinypic.com/r/qof6vc/6

Thanks for all your help.  I'll work on getting pics of the whole tree.
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2012, 01:39:13 pm »
Now I say
1 Idon't know
2 Cherry
3 Mullberry
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2012, 05:05:49 pm »
my vote is:
1. hackberry
2. cherry
3. boxelder
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Offline criveraville

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2012, 07:31:18 pm »
#1 hackberry.

Others I don't know.

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Offline turmoiler

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2012, 08:00:21 pm »
I'm with Howard!
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Offline turtle

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2012, 09:13:14 pm »
1. Dont know
2. Black cherry
3. Definately box elder
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Offline 458MAG

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Re: Tree Identification
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2012, 03:51:50 am »
Thanks everyone for your help, I happened to have a buddy who does tree removal stop in and he identified them as Hackberry, Black cherry, and Mulberry.  Even better though, he just said he has a few osage trees hes cutting down and hes going to be bringing me some pieces instead of letting someone else turn them to firewood.  I've got them debarked and drying out a bit in a nice shaded area.  Hopefully be able to show you my first attempt at a bow in a few weeks with the hackberry we cut down.

Once again thanks!
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