Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Stickhead on May 07, 2020, 10:21:16 am
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I have a small tree / large shrub that's growing too close to the house, and I need to give it the axe. It looks different than the yew bushes I have, in that it grows more vertically, and has leaves lined up on opposite sides of the twig. It has no cones or berries, so I assume it's a male. I'm in Northern VA. I think a couple of the trunks are large enough to have bows in them.
So is it a yew?
(https://i.imgur.com/4nBJr3Y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/W68W0wW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zTdTVuy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uFzjvQw.jpg)
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Yup, that's a yew tree. What variety? Got me there.
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Might get your county or city forester to look at it for yew >:D (lol) Pun intended! Couldn't resist!
Hawkdancer
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The needles look like Hicks Yew but Hicks looks more upright(multi stemmed) than your pictures. Hicks is a hybrid and I can't find what it's parents are. Maybe one is English Yew.
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Do a search on Taxus baccatta and see if that's what you've got. I'm thinking it is English Yew.
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Do a search on Taxus baccatta and see if that's what you've got. I'm thinking it is English Yew.
I’m thinking that’s it. I don’t think the bark is red enough for Pacific yew.
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It's not Pacific. Pacific has completely different needles, more like a thin scaggely Hemlock.
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It is just a variation of European Yew. "English" yew is not really a species. It's just a Yew tree grown in England.
Yew trees with leaves growing all around the twig are a cultivar of a yew from Ireland that randomly produced this quirk.
There are also hybrids between Japanese and European Yew.
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Good info. Thanks, guys!
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Yes it’s some kind of yew, I wouldn’t discount it once being the bush style yew that has just been neglected and grown big.
I’ve seen neglected yew bushes that are 12’-14’ tall and almost as wide.
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It's quite common to find yew planted next to buildings as an ornamental. Many are just left to grow rather than pruned to shape.
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In Iowa we have a lot of yew planted around grave yards.It's always been called Irish yew.More columnular or ornamental type by entry ways.I harvested some once by a house in town after given permission.Very thick growth rings and very light weight.
Your looks different.
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That could be a picture from my local yew grounds and I live in England. :)
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Got to watch out for them Irish folk! They are very close to the land and the "bow fairies"! Be sure to leave a wee nip of uisge beatha in the shop! Works wonders! >:D (lol) :BB! (lol)!
Hawkdancer
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show us the staves and billets )W(
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show us the staves and billets )W(
Well, it's not much of a haul, but here's what I got (the 5 on top). They range from about 50" to 76". It's mostly pretty thin and crooked. The one large stave might work out if I can shave down below the woodpecker damage. The others might end up as kids' bows.
(https://i.imgur.com/wtrcWBC.jpg)
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A good amount of length on those.Might be worth messing with.What is the ring count on those?
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A good amount of length on those.Might be worth messing with.What is the ring count on those?
Looks like about 10-12/inch