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Title: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on May 05, 2019, 09:44:18 pm
It's supposed to grow in my area, but damned if I can find it yet. Until I do, I'm keeping a stave or two of good pacific yew in reserve to trade for some serviceberry.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Hawkdancer on May 06, 2019, 10:11:21 am
Talk to High Desert!  It helps to be near the coast though, I think )-w( (lol)! 
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: DC on May 06, 2019, 11:19:14 am
It can look a lot like Ocean Spray. in fact the first piece I cut I thought it was OS until I got home. It was growing in the middle of an OS clump. Once you've found one it can make it easier to pick out. The round leaves are my clue.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on May 06, 2019, 07:23:25 pm
Ok thanks that's helpful
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Bryce on May 07, 2019, 01:38:27 am
Gotta wait for the leaves to fully come out to identify it. Be patient and you’ll see it all over.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: DC on May 07, 2019, 08:56:06 am
I find it in the same kind of area that OS likes. The area I gather in is 35-40 year old second growth. Saskatoon(serviceberry) grows tall in that stuff and the leaves seem to be only at the top so "look up, look way up".  ;D
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Pat B on May 07, 2019, 09:13:35 am
Eastern and Western serviceberry are different, same genus, different species. I could probably find a suitable Eastern serviceberry tree to cut if you'd be interested in it. The Eastern variety are understory trees here where the Western variety is more of a multi-stemmed shrub.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on May 08, 2019, 06:26:05 am
I don't think it grows here much. I expected to find it last spring, and I looked hard. But nada. I just haven't found the right pocket I guess.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Bryce on May 08, 2019, 07:30:28 pm
Quote from: Taxus brevifolia on May 08, 2019, 06:26:05 am
I don't think it grows here much. I expected to find it last spring, and I looked hard. But nada. I just haven't found the right pocket I guess.

It does. It’s about as prevalent as OS. Oval shaped leaves that are slightly serrated.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on May 21, 2019, 01:20:45 am
Ok I'll keep looking. Thanks!
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 22, 2019, 04:16:53 pm
I have a stave from a 4" tree that has been sitting in a corner for more than 10 years.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on May 26, 2019, 05:48:23 pm
I'd be jazzed to find a 4" serviceberry!
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: High-Desert on May 27, 2019, 09:11:49 am
That’d make a big ole arrow!
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on June 01, 2019, 09:57:46 pm
It'd make a good bow, I think
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Sagebrush on June 13, 2019, 03:51:51 pm
In eastern Washington I find it a bit lower in elevation than OS. Bigger stuff is around water. Berries are on now. Easiest to find in April when in bloom.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Sagebrush on June 17, 2019, 05:54:22 pm
 Where are you located? We might be able to find some or work something out.
Title: Re: yew to trade for serviceberry
Post by: Taxus brevifolia on June 22, 2019, 10:43:46 am
Sorry I just saw this. I'm in Southern Oregon, but decided to keep looking for OS around here