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

  When you find out what it really is, I think you will be surprised. smiley_blue_bounce smiley_bouncing_pinky


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[SwampDonkey]

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

[mesquite buckeye]

 :(  Sorry, not a buckeye or any close relative thereof :(

Javelina season is on..........
                                           
                                           


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[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #5:

Blooms mostly in May.       :P :P :P

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[SwampDonkey]

It's nice when you have all the answers.  :D ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

It's nice when you have all the answers.  :D ;D

True, but I did have to go get it and cut it........

Hate to give it away when somebody will eventually figure it out.

[SwampDonkey]

No, don't give it away. This bunch likes a challenge. When it turns 20 below in a day or two you'll have more sitting around their computer screens, blat'n about the cold if noth'n else. ;D

[beenthere]

       ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

No, don't give it away. This bunch likes a challenge. When it turns 20 below in a day or two you'll have more sitting around their computer screens, blat'n about the cold if noth'n else. ;D

I think it will get very cold. It was 20 this morning in Tucson, lots of damage on the citrus trees. Maybe colder tonight, High only about 40. It is coming your way. smiley_blue_bounce I'm digging a hole :( ;) smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw _grin

That's all the cold guys I could find.

[mesquite buckeye]

      ;D

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[Okrafarmer]

Yucca? Joshua Tree? Mesquite? Soapberry? Poplar? Desert Ironwood? Madrone? Palo Verde?

I've never been to the southwest, so I really don't know what I'm talking about!

[mesquite buckeye]

Yucca? Joshua Tree? Mesquite? Soapberry? Poplar? Desert Ironwood? Madrone? Palo Verde?

I've never been to the southwest, so I really don't know what I'm talking about!

  I salute your attempt. ;D ;D ;D

Shotguns often hit something.

Yuccas/Joshua trees are like rope inside, no real wood there. Mesquite, madrone, and desert ironwood are all pretty dense woods. I haven't had the chance to get a soapberry yet, so can't be that. Palo verdes are sort of medium-dense, depending upon the species. Poplar, if you mean cottonwoods get 6-8ft thick, 120+ft tall, 60ft wide. Not that.

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #6:

Most everybody knows this tree.


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[WDH]

Is that ray fleck pattern in the wood?

[Okrafarmer]

Clue #6:

Most everybody knows this tree.


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Hmm. Trying to dig out my guide to western trees. Why is it so hard to find things around here?  ??? : :-\

[MrPete]

Some sort of cedar?

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #6:

Most everybody knows this tree.


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Hmm. Trying to dig out my guide to western trees. Why is it so hard to find things around here?  ??? : :-\

If it's anything like my place, I know why. ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

Some sort of cedar?

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[mesquite buckeye]

Is that ray fleck pattern in the wood?

Yes it is. Big pith rays like bur oaks, but not an oak. smiley_clapping

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #7:

Most cowboy movies include this tree.

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[caveman]

Sassparilla?  Alphitonia genus

[Ljohnsaw]

Saguaros cactus?

[LeeB]

Sycamore

[Okrafarmer]

Sycamore

I already said so!  ;D

[Okrafarmer]

Arizona Alder?

Lilac? (Green Grow the Lilacs. . . .)

[SwampDonkey]

Can't think of any wood that is light weight, ring porous and with ray figure. Must be some kind of large shrub. Is it honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa, something crazy like that? :D

[mesquite buckeye]

Sassparilla?  Alphitonia genus

so sorry     smiley_chinese

[mesquite buckeye]

Sycamore

Does look a little like it. The ray figure on this one is much larger.

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[mesquite buckeye]

Arizona Alder?

Lilac? (Green Grow the Lilacs. . . .)

Our alder looks sort of like a pinky birch.....

Never saw Lilac wood.

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[mesquite buckeye]

Can't think of any wood that is light weight, ring porous and with ray figure. Must be some kind of large shrub. Is it honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa, something crazy like that? :D

Much crazier than that.

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[mesquite buckeye]

Saguaros cactus?

 




 




 

We have a winner.


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[mesquite buckeye]

Hard to get much of a board unless it was a really big one.....

[Okrafarmer]

What? You have got to be kidding!

Like I said, I don't know anything about the southwest, but never in my wildest dreams did I think a cactus could actually have wood in it!

[Okrafarmer]

Clue #6:

Most everybody knows this tree.


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Hmm. Trying to dig out my guide to western trees. Why is it so hard to find things around here?  ??? : :-\

That was our biggest clue. It even crossed my mind, but I never thought a cactus was much different from an okra pod inside.  :-\

[mesquite buckeye]

They grow in a ring of wood near the outside of the stem. The individual ribs are under each ridge that you can see on the outside. They start out circular in cross section, and grow larger each year, just as any tree would, mostly on the outside, but eventually all these ribs grow together to form a nearly solid cylinder of wood near the base of an old mature plant that can reach 6" or more in depth. After one dies, you can occasionally beat the termites to the wood and get a nice piece.   The younger ribs that are 1/2 - 1 1/2" in diameter were used traditionally to support roofs in adobe homes. They are now used decoratively when you can get them in furniture, shutters and ceilings in southwestern themed homes and restaurants.

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #6:

Most everybody knows this tree.


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Hmm. Trying to dig out my guide to western trees. Why is it so hard to find things around here?  ??? : :-\

That was our biggest clue. It even crossed my mind, but I never thought a cactus was much different from an okra pod inside.  :-\

Now you know. All large, columnar cacti have some variation of this construction inside them.

They are pretty cool.

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[mesquite buckeye]

Now, after those easy ones, I need to find a hard one for QQJ#3.  No? ;D

[Okrafarmer]

Now, after those easy ones, I need to find a hard one for QQJ#3.  No? ;D

 

[mesquite buckeye]

Now, after those easy ones, I need to find a hard one for QQJ#3.  No? ;D

 

So here we go. I'm putting up #3 right now.

[Paul_H]

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

Saguaros cactus is a tree? We have small cacti here in BC,are they also considered a tree?
I'm trying to keep an open mind to create a door where there never was one before  :P

[beenthere]

That was done just to throw ya off the trail. No door there.  ;)

[Okrafarmer]

Saguaro Cacti are found in my western tree book. I just wish my western tree book would be found soon so I could better participate in this saga!

[mesquite buckeye]

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

Saguaros cactus is a tree? We have small cacti here in BC,are they also considered a tree?
I'm trying to keep an open mind to create a door where there never was one before  :P

Why not? Woody inside, perennial, single trunk to about 8-10 ft, up to 50 ft tall. Lots of tropical trees aren't all that woody.

[mesquite buckeye]

Saguaro Cacti are found in my western tree book. I just wish my western tree book would be found soon so I could better participate in this saga!

We'll get you one that's not in any book.    smiley_biggrin01

[Okrafarmer]

Then I'll start digging out trees from my trip to Yap, and we may just find one or two that don't even have a scientific name yet! (eeee, ok, I exaggerated, but only just barely).

[mesquite buckeye]

Then I'll start digging out trees from my trip to Yap, and we may just find one or two that don't even have a scientific name yet! (eeee, ok, I exaggerated, but only just barely).

Those are harder to find. I was just thinking of wood not in any reference collections.... ;D

[SwampDonkey]

There a few lesser species and especially not stuff like cacti in tree books. They really don't grow the same, kinda like trying to put palms in there. Just don't work out that way. NA commercial woods are only mentioned in Wood Technology books to. Not many cacti and palms being logged for construction and trim.

But with that being said, it's always a good challenge to figure things out since this is a plant ID thread, and wood ID.

[mesquite buckeye]

There a few lesser species and especially not stuff like cacti in tree books. They really don't grow the same, kinda like trying to put palms in there. Just don't work out that way. NA commercial woods are only mentioned in Wood Technology books to. Not many cacti and palms being logged for construction and trim.

But with that being said, it's always a good challenge to figure things out since this is a plant ID thread, and wood ID.

Mostly, although saguaro ribs are used a lot for furniture and high end home detail work in the SW US.

An interesting side note; When I was in school many decades ago at the University of Arizona, in the reference collection for the Forestry Dept. dendrology class were three big pieces of saguaro wood.
Mostly for fun, but a common species in the area, for sure.

Lots of the things I have or will post will have minimal commercial appeal, but I think there is a place for these woods as novelty/specialty woods, and especially for marquetry, since lots of them are really unique in color and texture.

I need to get a really tough one ready......   

I have some slices from a piece of wood I found perched 15 feet above the canyon bottom on a huge boulder left by one our big floods in 1983. Took me 15 years to figure out what it was, since it wasn't in any of the books. Sure pretty, though.... : : :