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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: Pepe_Silvia on May 21, 2020, 01:29:55 PM

Title: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: Pepe_Silvia on May 21, 2020, 01:29:55 PM
Never cut a Chinaberry so I can't be sure.  Thought it might be Mulberry at first, but the fresh cut wood seems way too dark - looks like Mulberry that's been sitting out for a couple months.

Unfortunately no pictures of the leaves.  I'm including a fuzzy 13 year old picture from google maps to at least show the structure.


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52198/IMG_20200521_115919.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1590082154)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52198/IMG_20200521_115922.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1590082154)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/52198/photo_2020-05-21_12-31-43.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1590082154)
 
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: Pepe_Silvia on May 21, 2020, 01:41:05 PM
Well, the tree guy back to me so I have my answer, but I'll see if anyone wants to take a stab at it.  It's not Chinaberry.
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: leemiller1 on May 28, 2020, 09:58:57 PM
Definitely not Chinaberry.  I have 2 of those sitting in a burn pile.
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: firefighter ontheside on May 29, 2020, 12:37:55 PM
Tree of heaven perhaps.
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: timberking on May 29, 2020, 01:19:38 PM
I thought maybe royal pawlonia but can't get a good read on leaves from the pic.  
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: KEC on May 29, 2020, 11:05:08 PM
I've cut up Tree of Heaven and never seen it with such dark color.
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: kantuckid on June 03, 2020, 03:14:40 PM
Pawlonia is very soft, lighter blond color and not any interesting color/grain either. Very light weight when dry too. U of KY did a project on them some years ago.  I always wondered why they like them in Asia?
Title: Re: Yard tree in Texas. My first guess is Chinaberry.
Post by: Pepe_Silvia on October 20, 2020, 08:09:41 PM
Forgot to come back and left everyone hanging.  It was Mimosa.