Tree ID: Is this birch? Is it any good for bows? (UPDATE: fixed pic)

[Julian]

So I've found a thicket of what I think are birch trees, which I've heard can make bows.

This is a somewhat big deal for me, because I've never had access to staves before. I don't feel bad about cutting these either because they're an introduced/invasive species here in aus, and they're growing in what is supposed to be a native reserve.




Is this birch? If not, what is it?
Thanks

[Ryan Jacob]

I don’t know why but the pics wont load for me

[Julian]

I don’t know why but the pics wont load for me

my bad, forgot to include the link

[PatM]

I'd be more inclined to say some type of Poplar.

[Julian]

I'd be more inclined to say some type of Poplar.

Guess I'll make spoons from it instead

EDIT:

I think it's white poplar

[Hawkdancer]

You might be able to check with a forester or naturalist.  Or just give it a go!  I think the bowyers here would say wide and long!  I'm a newbie at bow making, though.  Pics of the leaves would help with id, I think.

[willie]

you could run some tests on a piece of your sample. can you cut a longish piece out that is fairly consistent in width and thickness?

[turmoiler]

It's poplar for sure

[bushboy]

Ryoon made a poplar bow a few years back!just gotta make it super long and wide a guess?

[PatM]

Ryan's bow was not real poplar though.

[DC]

Why wasn't it Poplar? not enough people vote for it

[upstatenybowyer]

Why wasn't it Poplar? not enough people vote for it

omg DC 

[Julian]

Ryoon made a poplar bow a few years back!just gotta make it super long and wide a guess?

not really interested in a super long, super wide bow, tbh

[Eric Krewson]

It is definitely not the kind of poplar we have in the south, what we have here has slick barked saplings.

[Julian]

If I get bored, I'll make a bow from it. I think I'll cut a stave to season. I looked up some more and I'm pretty sure it's White Poplar or Silver Poplar.