Quickie Quiz Jackpot #21

[mesquite buckeye]

The much anticipated return. ;D 8) 8) 8)

Clue #1.


 

Let the fun begin. ;D ;D ;D

[Magicman]

Those are obviously a pair of "cowboy" chaps, so they came from the elusive Leather Tree.   8)

[mesquite buckeye]

  Har

[Ljohnsaw]

Well, knowing your proclivity to the obscure, my first question would be - Is this what one would normally call a "tree" and not some strange bush or cactus?

[landscraper]

Chinese sumac or Chinese tallow

[mesquite buckeye]

Well, knowing your proclivity to the obscure, my first question would be - Is this what one would normally call a "tree" and not some strange bush or cactus?

It is in fact wood. ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

Chinese sumac or Chinese tallow

Not that.

[VT~TreeNerd~ME]

Spalted/punky walnut?

I thought my first post ever would be something a little better than a random guess at something... but oh well.

[Magicman]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, VT~TreeNerd~ME.   8)

[samandothers]

VT tree nerd welcome!   VT = Vermont or Virginia Tech?

[Skip]

I'd go with walnut also.

[mesquite buckeye]

Spalted/punky walnut?

I thought my first post ever would be something a little better than a random guess at something... but oh well.

It is spalted, but not walnut.

And welcome. ;D

[Ljohnsaw]

Can't really see the grain (will clue #2 include a closeup?).  Thinking Ash?

[Logger RK]

Birdseye Maple? :

[thecfarm]

mesquite buckeye, it is wood.  :  I think you must of been on the debate last night.  ;D

[Magicman]

So far, I am winning this one.   :D

[VT~TreeNerd~ME]

VT is Vermont... My home state. ME is Maine... Where I live now.

I thought for sure that dark heartwood would be walnut... Hmmmm. Do we get to know what location it came from? I see MO and AZ in the sig of the OP.

[VT~TreeNerd~ME]

....my second guess would be Apple.

[mesquite buckeye]

 

I'd go with walnut also.

[mesquite buckeye]

Can't really see the grain (will clue #2 include a closeup?).  Thinking Ash?

Nope..

[mesquite buckeye]

Birdseye Maple? :

Not that.

[mesquite buckeye]

mesquite buckeye, it is wood.  :  I think you must of been on the debate last night.  ;D

You are right.

But not far enough right. ;D ;D ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

....my second guess would be Apple.

That would be your second wrong guess. ;D

I am very funny. ;D ;D ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #2: From west of the Mississippi. ;D 8) 8) 8)

[gfadvm]

Texas ebony ?