Root burls from this tree
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I was thinking Ash but after looking at it again the bark doesn't look right and I don't think Ash leaves alternate like that.
Maybe if I keep guessing hickory, I'll eventually get one right
Looks like sawtooth oak to me
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I really doubt it's oak or hickory. I could be wrong but I've never seen that stuff in the wild in Montana before. Or maybeI have and didn't know it. Lots of trees here I wasn't aware of until recently.
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I think it actually might be ash.
Elm? The alternating leaves kinda rules out ash from what I remember.
I'll put in another plug for the Leafsnap app for smartphones... Pretty handy.
I'll put in another plug for the Leafsnap app for smartphones... Pretty handy.
Doctor's orders. First pic I thought Siberian Elm. Second pic, I noticed the base of the leaves were not unbalanced and thought maybe not. Does Rock elm grow there natively? Is it along a fence row, R.O.W., or other urban area? If so, look up Ulmus pumila.
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It is in the wild. A large park along the Yellowstone river. I'll have to look up rock elm. I'm unaware of this species.
Ulmus thomasii = Rock elm, not sure on spelling...
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That definitely appears to be closest. Slippery elm has a different shaped leaf. Definitely elm though, it seems.
Winged elm is the only other that comes to mind, U. alata....
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That one looks better yet.
Never mind that, let's see those root burls
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They are tiny but I've cut one up(only .75" square by 2.25"). I'll post a picture when I get the other one cut up. Should make for a nice pen once some drying and stabilizing is done(it will take both burls to make one pen). Probably a little resin fill too. The first one has some amazing color though.
Sounds like a rhyzomorphic root mass instead of a burl. I've seen a dozen or so when removing "Bradford pear" stumps. No pic to show, however one sat on the kitchen window a year before the misses recycled it. If it has "eyes", then burl could stretch to cover the description. Either way, good luck....
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Now I wish I'd taken a picture of it sticking out of the ground. It had two small lumps with little nodules on the tops. Just a few nodules. I'll look for some more this week while I'm out for burls. I'm guessing rhizominous growth. The nodules looked like branches were trying to grow out.
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Here are the short cuts from the elm root "burls" I found.
