Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Jakesnyder on January 23, 2020, 05:40:04 pm
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It might be hard to tell from the pictures. They do have a pithy or hollow center but do seem really strong.
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Take this with a grain of salt, but I use an app called Picture This, which I really like. I snapped your last pic and it came back and said it was Creambush.
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Yea I dont think thats what it is. I looked up cream bush and it said it's also known as ocean spray. Which doesnt grow around here. I'm not very technologically advanced. I actually have that app but it was wanting me to pay a monthly fee.
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Looks like a spirea. Viburnum has opposite leaves(buds on stems also)
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Is it any good for arrows?
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Looks to me like it would, straight shoot without side branches. Where do you live? This looks like a Japanese spirea but there are a couple of American versions. Cut some and bind it together to dry and give it a try.
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South Western PA.
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Google spirea and see if you get a match. We have lots of the Japanese spirea here. It is quite invasive but I think it would make good arrows. I know the native spireas will make an arrow so the Japanese variety surely will.
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The first two pictures look a lot like Ocean Spray but the flower head is definitely not. Is there a chance you snapped a pic of the wrong flower head?
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DC, ocean spray is a western plant I believe. Jake lives in SW Penn.
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You're right :D
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Japanese spirea has pink flowers if you saw these in bloom and is quite invasive.