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BowKids:
Out looking for arrow shaft material here in the midwest. I think I am too far north for Dogwood and too south for Osier. Found tons of this around here. Abos must have used this. Can you ID?  The stump is a bout a foot tall and everything bracnches soon after. The leaves are just coming in so I can't read them yet. Grows about 10-15 ft tall. Almost like a giant bush.

Pat B:
Looks like willow to me. It will make good arrows but the ones I tried were bigger in diameter than other woods I've used.
   You should have one of the dogwood species near you. Red osier is a dogwood. You may have silky dogwood there. Looks simular to redosier with the red bark on the younger(2year old) shoots.

Timo:
Looks like hazelnut to me. makes good arrows.

DarkSoul:
Hazelnut? Nah, I don't think so.
Willow? Yes, looks like some species of Salix to me!

Timo:
Well I live about a 100 miles south of bowkids, and that looks like what we call hazelnut. :)

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