Here in Ohio we grow high quality hardwoods ,Atcoequip talked about paw paws we call them Ohio Banana trees when you walk into a grove of them and it will always be a understory tree its like being in a tropical jungle big long leaves and dark even when the suns out. Some of the guys talked about banning land clearing I wish they would do it up here one of these days I will beable to see the Sears Tower in Chicago the wind any more blows all the time. In Texas last spring I would see these hills that ran for miles and I asked about them, here there fence rows drifted full of dirt. I was turkey hunting and somtimes you would see the barb wire sticking up a inch or two off the ground. Being in the timber bussiness I have a passion for trees some make me money others keep me warm in the winter but one thing for sure we need them for the earth to survive !
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Tree Species?
- Thread starter Steve Frazier
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hvy 1ton
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every oak except live, which isn't even an oak
every ash
black walnut
every locust
Osage Orange-mostly found in fence rows, but can be found intermix in forest, best firewood in NA
buckeye tress are building an under canopy in the woods here, i don't like them.
Eastern red ceder taking over pasture land, which isn't even a ceder, but a juniper.
And a Pawpaw every one in a while, there is nice patch of them behind my parents house. ATCO, you ever have Pawpaw cheesecake?
every ash
black walnut
every locust
Osage Orange-mostly found in fence rows, but can be found intermix in forest, best firewood in NA
buckeye tress are building an under canopy in the woods here, i don't like them.
Eastern red ceder taking over pasture land, which isn't even a ceder, but a juniper.
And a Pawpaw every one in a while, there is nice patch of them behind my parents house. ATCO, you ever have Pawpaw cheesecake?
willie59
Administrator
countrylife
Member
Actually, a Live Oak is an Oak,http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/live_oak/liveoak.htm but it is not a white oak, nor is it a red oak. It is difficult to use for almost anything because it does not have a straight grain pattern like the other oaks. The pattern is "swirly" which makes it very tough to work. The sailing ships used it because of it's strength especially the crotches which are more "U" shaped than "V" shaped and were used at the joint between the hull and the a deck. Mystic Seaport in Conneticut talks about the ship builders coming down south to go "Live Oaking" to get the tree crotches for their ships.