Found this in the woods. Any ideas? ;D
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#4 Kidneywood Eysenhardtia orthocarpa by Jay C. White Cloud
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#6 Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens by Jay C. White Cloud
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Other than it is petrified wood, need a good pic of the end grain to go further. I have some petrified white pine that looks similar.
I bet that would wipe out a blade very quickly.
Clue #1. Not petrified, just old. :snowball:
Clue #2, the highly sought after end grain. ;D
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The image is magnified. The vertical distance is about 1/4" wide.
Let the guessing begin. ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) smiley_bounce :snowfight1: smiley_gossip smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw dadgum you, Charlie! popcorn_smiley
Bog oak.
:D
Maybe a juniper of some type.
Quote from: WDH on December 17, 2013, 09:44:18 PM
Maybe a juniper of some type.
Nor that. ;D dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) :snowfight1:
It is probably some rare desert bush that only grows at one elevation in only a handful of counties at the place where the rainbow ends :D.
Not that either. ;D dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw smiley_eek_dropjaw popcorn_smiley
That is where the burn barrel lives. ;D 8) 8) 8)
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I'm having fun now. ;D 8) 8) 8) :snowball:
Found in the woods? In what part of the the U.S? :snowball:
Tamarisk
It was indeed in the US. ;D
Quote from: giant splinter on December 18, 2013, 09:16:21 PM
Tamarisk
Sadly, it is not that. :( no_no smiley_eek_dropjaw dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! logrite_cool popcorn_smiley
Clue #3: Look again just below Clue #2. ;D laugh_at :snowfight1: dadgum you, Charlie! popcorn_smiley
by the looks of the way it dried out it must be a Mesquite
Even more sadly, it is not that one also. :'(
dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! dadgum you, Charlie! popcorn_smiley
Being the unbelievably generous person that I am and in light of the season upon us, I am granting yet another fabulous clue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clue #4: Not a member of the rogue's gallery of previous plants nor.......(drum roll)
Clue #5: a member of any of the previous genera. ;D
How about Prunus pensylvanica, my preferred smell of pipe tobacco as well? bat_smailey
Nice try dude. No way Jose! ;D
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looks like it may be a non-resinouse type perhaps, cedar is out as it was one of the already chosen and redwood might not exist in Arizona.
scratching head say_what
could this be one of the Pines, Bristlecone Pine?
cactus
Quote from: giant splinter on December 18, 2013, 11:53:27 PM
could this be one of the Pines, Bristlecone Pine?
Not that...... ;D dadgum you, Charlie!
Quote from: pasbuild on December 19, 2013, 12:33:29 AM
cactus
Not any of them. :( :o 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Clue #5: I did not say the woods was in Arizona. ;D ;D ;D ;D :snowball:
Redwood old growth (giant sequoia)
Kingsford(tm) Chunk Charcoal!
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Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum
Found this piece laying in a pile of rejects from an old shingle making operation in the national forest while walking to see the Boole Tree in 1996, probably from trees cut down between 1908 and 1912. The big clue is that there are about 70-80 rings/inch if you count them. Another clue would have been this is not a cut surface, but a shatter fracture, probably from when the tree was felled, very typical of sequoias, which had to be featherbedded when they were dropped to keep them from exploding when they landed. An old building in Sequoia Natl Park that was built on the original timber claim in the 1850's or 60's (can't remember) has sequoia shakes still in good condition well over 100 years later. Too bad they don't seem to plant sequoias in the old forest. Almost all pines planted there now. Near the Boole Tree, lots of second growth sequoias seeded in, already 2-3 ft thick and 100 ft tall. I think they should be managing for sequoias there.
Your cross cut view showed the growth rings and I counted 19-20 in a quarter inch .... the growth rings where a very good clue and the typical fractures at the ring transitions helped give it away and are confirmed by the original photo :christmas: :new_year:
That was pretty quick. Congratulations, GS :D
Dude is like a rat terrier in a corn crib. He has nailed it many a time. ;D 8) 8) 8) :snowball:
Its always a worthwhile quiz and a challenge that I wish more members would join in on.
Thanks Mesquite Buckeye, Ancjr and everyone involved.
;D