Quickie Quiz Jackpot part Deux

[mesquite buckeye]

Which tree am I ??? ??? ???



 



 

[mesquite buckeye]

This is very sad :'( :'( :'(

Not even one guess.

Clue #1: This tree is native to Arizona and adjacent Mexico.

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[isawlogs]

   :-\  Hardwood tree.    ;D

[beenthere]

 

[Dan_Shade]

from the looks of that check, firewood!

[WDH]

It is one of the white oaks, maybe post oak.

[thurlow]

I might guess frassasas, except I reckon it doesn't grow in AZ.

[mesquite buckeye]

   :-\  Hardwood tree.    ;D

yes

[mesquite buckeye]

does not include a zzz in the name

[mesquite buckeye]

from the looks of that check, firewood!

It does burn.

[mesquite buckeye]

It is one of the white oaks, maybe post oak.

Actually a really good guess. That is what it looks like.

Not Fagaceae.

[mesquite buckeye]

I might guess frassasas, except I reckon it doesn't grow in AZ.

Reckon not.

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #2

The wood is light as balsa.

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[Okrafarmer]

My first thought was an oak, and my second thought was one of the southwestern sycamores. But-- light as balsa? I seriously don't know, then. Errr. . . . Balsa?

[mesquite buckeye]

My first thought was an oak, and my second thought was one of the southwestern sycamores. But-- light as balsa? I seriously don't know, then. Errr. . . . Balsa?

It is a native tree. But funny :D :D :D :D

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[Dodgy Loner]

Are you competing with Meadow's Miller for the "Most Creative and Prolific Use of Smileys" award? ;)

[Dodgy Loner]

The wood is light as balsa.

Bursera microphylla?

[mesquite buckeye]

Are you competing with Meadow's Miller for the "Most Creative and Prolific Use of Smileys" award? ;)

Just found them and thought it would be fun since the guesses are coming in a bit slow on this one.

[mesquite buckeye]

The wood is light as balsa.

Bursera microphylla?

Not bursera, nice try though.

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[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #3:

This tree can grow to 50 feet tall and twenty feet wide.

Clue #4:

This tree produces large, night opening flowers that smell like fresh cut jack o' lanterns.

           







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[thurlow]

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!  Cocklebur..........aka cuckleburr.

[Dodgy Loner]

When you say 20' wide are you referring to the trunk or the crown spread? Cuz if you mean the trunk, then I would have to say baobab. Except you said that it's native, so it's not

[mesquite buckeye]

When you say 20' wide are you referring to the trunk or the crown spread? Cuz if you mean the trunk, then I would have to say baobab. Except you said that it's native, so it's not

Crown spread. Diameter 1-3 feet ;D

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[mesquite buckeye]

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!  Cocklebur..........aka cuckleburr.

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:D :D :D :D

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[SwampDonkey]

I'd have to say some "lesser" species of buckeye.