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Offline snedeker

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mystery tree
« on: June 09, 2016, 01:22:48 pm »
I walked past a tree on a woodlot edge for 20 years and figured it was a pignut hickory (live in central PA).  compound leaves with 7-7+ ovate leaflets, grooved bark.  power comp cut it down in Feb. 14" stump.  they left a 10' section of trunk.  I took a split.  noticed right away that log and stump showed no dark heartwood.  wood seems light for hickory.  rings are about 1/8" thick, too thin for ash.  now I don't have leaves to look at!

here is bark pic

butternut maybe?

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: mystery tree
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2016, 02:53:03 pm »
Sassafras is my guess. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: mystery tree
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2016, 02:57:55 pm »
With compound leaves it isn't sassafras(plus sassafras has a distinct odor).My guess would be hickory or ash.
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Offline snedeker

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Re: mystery tree
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2016, 03:08:47 pm »
I'll make a bow when its dry and see, and I'll report back.  Maybe ash, which usually has thicker growth rings - but the locale has notoriously infertile soil

I'm still kicking Pat!  Have another bow to post soon

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: mystery tree
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2016, 03:17:01 pm »
Is it pristine White Ash?
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Offline half eye

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Re: mystery tree
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2016, 03:42:07 pm »
Snedeker,
      Looks just like what I've been a week splitting up and peeling....white ash. Especially the fact of very little heart wood.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: mystery tree
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2016, 03:50:40 pm »
Bark definitely looks like some sort of ash to me.We have green ash here that will have a bit of heartwood in it but the bark looks exactly the same as your picture.
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