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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bushboy on June 01, 2014, 09:19:50 pm

Title: tree id
Post by: bushboy on June 01, 2014, 09:19:50 pm

I found a grove of smaller trees,maybe 25' being the tallest and I was hoping it's white elm.the pic shows 2 trees out of the same root ,the larger is about 5" at the butt and 3" for the smaller.there are a lot of elm that grow in a nearby town and are easy to I'd when large.thx's Rob!

Title: Re: tree id
Post by: okie64 on June 01, 2014, 09:30:18 pm

Looks like American elm

Title: Re: tree id
Post by: Crogacht on June 01, 2014, 09:38:00 pm

An elm of some kind.

Title: Re: tree id
Post by: bushboy on June 01, 2014, 09:51:06 pm

Thx's 4 the replies guys! I live in southern manitoba and these tree's are growing in the southern estuary of lake winnipeg (swamp turf) and the leaves have been out for about aweek

Title: Re: tree id
Post by: Dauntless on June 04, 2014, 06:52:21 pm

Might be a Siberian elm. A lot of American Elms died to Dutch Elm's disease in MB. American elms have asymmetrical leaves too, which this doesn't.

Title: Re: tree id
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 04, 2014, 08:06:44 pm

Pick the small diameter saplings bushy, you wont regret it. Build some bows from full staves and build some from saplings. See what you find.

Title: Re: tree id
Post by: Josh B on June 06, 2014, 12:21:05 pm

Yep!  I love 2" to 3" diameter elm saplings!  Should be some nice bows there.  Josh