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Offline 4dog

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buckthorn???
« on: September 30, 2013, 12:11:07 pm »
Pretty sure this is buckthorn or (bluewood),, anyway i want to be sure , if anyone can just look at this grain photo and gi e a yes or no ,, that would be awesome , thanks fellas!
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Offline 4dog

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Re: buckthorn???
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2013, 12:11:47 pm »
One more!
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Offline BOWMAN53

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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2013, 12:22:08 pm »
no clue lol

Offline 4dog

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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2013, 12:24:38 pm »
Lol... figured You wouldnt...lol
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Offline Joec123able

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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2013, 12:26:48 pm »
Well I can atleast say it looks to be some type of wood  8)
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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2013, 12:31:00 pm »
Both very helpful replies  lol    >:(
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: buckthorn???
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2013, 12:48:26 pm »
Got any leaves?  ...bark?  ...maybe seeds or such?  Those are more handy to ID a wood species than the grain of the wood itself most times.

...I do not know about 'bluewood', but this does not quite look like the few examples of Buckthorn I've seen.   :-\

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2013, 12:49:51 pm »
Looks very buckthorny to me.
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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2013, 12:55:18 pm »
Could u be more vague please  ::) ... leaf pics? Buds? Bark? Anything more than a couple dark poor quality photos of the wood grain  ???

If your referring to rhamnus cathartica I'd say no...it looks all white to me...and European buckthorn(rhamnus cathartica) has a orangish/yellowish-pinkish hued heartwood..

Offline 4dog

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« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2013, 12:57:24 pm »
I knew Pearlie would know,, little stiff dark green laves ,, it has thorns where the leaves are,  and black dark blue berries right now in texas.
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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2013, 12:59:24 pm »
Creamy sapwood and fleshy colored heartwood? Poor mans yew.
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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2013, 01:00:35 pm »
This is from a sapling so any special looking characteristics might not show up yet,, very fibrous looking,, looks different from other buckthorn ive seen ,, but the grain looks the same
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Offline 4dog

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« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2013, 01:03:29 pm »
Not TRYING  to be vague  lol
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Offline Onebowonder

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« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2013, 01:04:17 pm »
Is this it???

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« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2013, 01:09:41 pm »
What species are you referring too..I believe there's a few species trees with a common tongue name of "buckthorn"...just like "ironwood" lots of species of trees have the nickname of iron wood...buckthorn has a few as well....did it have any heartwood at all? I'll look when I get home,but I think there is another species down in Texas that folks call "buckthorn",but it isn't rhamnus cathartica ,which is an invasive species from europe....go find some of the same thing you cut and take pics of the leaves n fruits n bark and post em...until then its all just guesses and no one here on this forum will be able to identify it with 100% confirmation...words are not enough IMHO