Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Trading Post => Topic started by: Taxus brevifolia on May 05, 2019, 09:44:18 pm
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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.
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Talk to High Desert! It helps to be near the coast though, I think )-w( (lol)!
Hawkdancer
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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.
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Ok thanks that's helpful
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Gotta wait for the leaves to fully come out to identify it. Be patient and you’ll see it all over.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ok I'll keep looking. Thanks!
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I have a stave from a 4" tree that has been sitting in a corner for more than 10 years.
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I'd be jazzed to find a 4" serviceberry!
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That’d make a big ole arrow!
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It'd make a good bow, I think
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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.
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Where are you located? We might be able to find some or work something out.
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Sorry I just saw this. I'm in Southern Oregon, but decided to keep looking for OS around here