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Offline mcginnis6010

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tree id for my 6 year old
« on: June 23, 2013, 10:07:00 am »
The other day while picking black raspberries with my daughter she saw a tree with those helicopter seed that I used to throw in the air and watch spin as a kid and asked me what kind of tree it was and if I could make her a bow from it. It seems I used to know the name but it has slipped my mind. Any ideas?
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Offline sonny

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2013, 10:56:16 am »
There are a number of trees which produce those keys (helicopter seeds.)
We need a little more info..
 
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Offline TRACY

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2013, 11:58:26 am »
Maybe a maple or even an ash. Pics?

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Offline Dharma

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2013, 01:09:54 pm »
Ponderosa Pines here produce single-winged seeds from the cones that gyrate down to Earth like that.
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2013, 07:39:47 pm »
Black locust grows those if you take a pic an post it It will be a lot easier to identify
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Offline Patches

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2013, 07:01:45 pm »
A photo would really help.  Just going off the description I would agree with maple or possibly ash.
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Offline BowSlayer

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2013, 08:03:16 pm »
Sycamore?  Need pics
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2013, 12:13:50 am »
Probably a maple or ash.. but I dunno. I thought sycamore grew those wierd little clumps of seeds.
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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2013, 09:02:52 am »
Probably Maple. :)
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Offline HoBow

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Re: tree id for my 6 year old
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2013, 09:04:49 am »
Maple.  We use to put them between our tongue and mouth top and make a loud screeching noise. 
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