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Offline kid bow

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Tree id help
« on: November 23, 2014, 08:35:55 pm »
Ok so my buddy sends me this picture pf a tree amd asks if its shagbark hickory. Mind helping me out idk if it is
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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2014, 10:02:43 pm »
looks more like sycamore to me, cant see the top of tree, but if the bark is peeling off, and the bark really white ,that's a good indication

Offline Drewster

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2014, 10:33:41 pm »
It would be helpful to see more of the tree but this image just does not look typical of a shagbark hickory.
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2014, 01:16:05 am »
Looks kinda like silver maple. Where are you located and do you have more pictures? Twigs, leaf litter, picture of entire tree...
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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2014, 08:43:06 am »
Based on the evidence so far I'd say sycamore

Offline kid bow

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2014, 09:06:15 am »
Will it still make a good hunting bow
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2014, 09:29:22 am »
Any wood with a specific gravity of less than .50 is not normally considered bow quality wood, Sycamore comes in at between .40 and .45.

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2014, 09:31:19 am »
Well its always a possibility it could be something different
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Offline keef

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2014, 11:14:49 am »
You cannot possibly tell the species of a tree through a picture of the bark alone.
 
In winter ,as it is now in the northern hemisphere, you will need to examine the twigs and buds. Other considerations are the area and country the tree is growing in, its general shape and location are pivotal as well. Obviously in summer the leaves come into play as well. However, you can't rely on leaves found beneath a tree at this time of year as they may just have blown there, especially in a woodland situation.

Here in the UK we have many great field guides to trees with keys to provide positive identification. I would recommend 'The Collins Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Europe' to anyone on this side of the Atlantic. I am sure there are equally good publications in the USA and elsewhere.

Anyone interested in using wood from native trees and shrubs would be wise to invest and learn to use one of these guides.

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2014, 11:22:52 am »
You are probably right Keef , but if I was a betting man I would bet on that being a sycamore. ;) :) :)
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2014, 11:52:57 am »
Not like sycamore we have around here.   Are the top limbs of the tree white?
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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2014, 12:01:02 pm »
Looks too dark for the Sycamore we have here as well. I am no expert though.
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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2014, 01:00:12 pm »
I live in kentucky so its within the realm of possibilities
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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2014, 01:11:54 pm »
The bark on  sycamores around  here almost look like a camo pattern where the bark is peeling. There is usually 3 different collors from the color in pic to green and white. Im pretty certain thats not silver maple

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Re: Tree id help
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2014, 01:15:10 pm »
Looks like Hop Hornbeam to me. A lot like it.
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