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Post by: DRon knife on January 09, 2012, 09:14:21 pm: Combing the woods,camera in hand,I see many interesting tree's,It would be nice if they had name tags,what do you think? The first 3 are of one tree,next 2 another. Ron
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Post by: DRon knife on January 09, 2012, 09:16:48 pm: Sorry the bottom 2 are different tree's
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Post by: soy on January 09, 2012, 09:21:17 pm: Yes it would be nice >:D
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Post by: aaron on January 09, 2012, 10:36:57 pm: um, how 'bout a pic of a leaf (even dead) ? and how 'bout an inkling of where on this earth you found the trees?
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Post by: toomanyknots on January 09, 2012, 10:51:00 pm: The bottom looks slightly like a hackberry, but it could be something else, like a cork elm.
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Post by: okie64 on January 09, 2012, 11:40:08 pm: First one looks like some kinda elm. Middle one looks like persimmon or dogwood and not sure about the bottom one. A twig or some leaves would help.
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Post by: DRon knife on January 09, 2012, 11:59:04 pm: seems my geography would be in order..Massachusetts,leaves lol,well I didn't take any pics of those.
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Post by: JW_Halverson on January 10, 2012, 12:00:05 am: bottom one looks like hackberry. Leaves would certainly help. Or you could cut a foot or two of the end of a branch with the leaf scars and buds intact and take it to your local county extension agent. They could probably key it out for you in a minute or two.
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Post by: aaron on January 10, 2012, 02:16:07 pm: ah, ha. The bottom one could be oak- look at the leaves in the bottom of the photo. I was borm in great barrington mass! leaves, leaf buds and flowers or seeds are a good way to ID. bark is not as good for ID. Even in winter you can find dead leaves (or acorns, etc.. to help I.D. .
And when in doubt- just make a bow!
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 10, 2012, 02:22:00 pm: There is no hackberry in those pics. The top looks like a type of willow to me. I have no clue on the bottom?
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Post by: Dean Marlow on January 10, 2012, 02:29:18 pm: I would say the top ones are Hickory or maybe walnut. The bottom one I have no idea. Dean
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Post by: blackhawk on January 10, 2012, 02:45:06 pm: Yeah..definetly no hackberry in those pics...2nd to last photo is persimmon...not sure about others...its not walnut either. If you can wait to cut any of those till the saps up,then do,cus it'll be much easier to slip off the bark like a banana peel.
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Post by: Stringman on January 10, 2012, 03:05:01 pm: I'd say either a birch or elm on the first tree. Second tree maybe a cottonwood or ash. The last one looked oakish to me.
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Post by: Pat B on January 10, 2012, 06:13:47 pm: The first 3 look like hickory or elm. The 4 looks like black gum or maybe persimmon. Not sure about the last one.
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Post by: DRon knife on January 10, 2012, 08:19:39 pm: I guess I am gonna wait till early summer to Identify them,Its got me thinking I should realy spend more time in the woods in the spring and summer,I tend to stay out of the deep woods at those times because I'm allergic to bee's,good guesses tho..,Ron
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Post by: okie64 on January 10, 2012, 10:00:52 pm: One thing I have learned is that it is sometimes difficult to identify trees just by looking at the bark. Some of them are pretty obvious but on most trees the bark can vary a lot depending on the age and size of the tree. You could get a tree id book a with a key in it and its pretty easy to figure out what they are. I have one that has a winter and summer key for local trees. I used to hate getting out in the woods in the spring and summer but that was before I was lookin for bow wood.