Tree Id

[Blacktail]

This is a tree I came across while out hunting and I was just wondering if you guys think it is bow wood or not. I am thinking it might be service berry but I am not too sure. What is your guys opinion?

[Blacktail]

i did some looking around..i am wondering if its a hazel..i wish there was some fuit...

[Bryce]

I have scoured the Internet looking for the exact same tree!

[Zion]

pretty darn sure it's serviceberry. here in washington it looks very similar. I'm guessing by the bark that this cluster was in the mountains, am i right?

[randman]

Not hazel....leaves are too round at the tip for any Hazel I've ever seen.......Never seen serviceberry that I know of so I'm watchin this one to learn if it is serviceberry so I'll know next time I'm in the woods.

[soy]

I don't know what it is but I like the looks of it

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

+1 on serviceberry   cut cut cut

[Don Case]

Up here I'd call it Saskatoon, which in American translates to -- Serviceberry. The leaves are the key. Roundish, serrated tip and kind of floppy.
Don

[Zion]

i think the only reason there's any confusion about whether it's serviceberry or not is because the bark changes with altitude... it becomes rougher, darker, more lichen etc the higher up you go, if you find some lower in some valleys or even small hills you will get straighter shoots and smoother bark, i've found some of the best stuff growing on the foothills of bigger mountains, but yeah i'd cut it if you find a good piece.

[Gordon]

Looks like serviceberry to me.

[Albert]

Looking at the leaves it seems to be a tree from the Rosaceae family, so serviceberry would be match. The serviceberry around here has reddish streaks throughout the wood, very easy to spot if you giva a few drawknife strokes.

[rossfactor]

My first though was Mountain Mahogany, but could be Serviceberry.  Either would be bow wood. Looks like it has some tight rings. I bets its dense.

Gabe

[Blacktail]

its in the ochocos...first i thought it was service berry BUT then i thought maybe hazel....it will be getting cut this fall...i just havent seen any other bow wood other than juniper in the desert..SO,i guess its a good find for me...thanks for the help guys...john

[Pat B]

Chris, my book says Amelanchier stolonifera, Running Serviceberry, 4" to 6" stoloniferous shrub which forms small thickets of stiff, erect stems, flowers are white, fruit is purplish black(edible). Native from Newfoundland and Maine to Virginia in non-calcareous soils.

[Blacktail]

thanks pat for the help...i just wonder how in the heck it got all the way over here...there is some strange things that happen in the woods...john