Really enjoying this series. Thanks for doing it. An additional factor on Beech trees (at least in my area-western South and North Carolina) they keep some of their leaves all winter. The last dead leaves don't come off until the new Spring green leaves "push" them off. This helps ID'ing them at a distance.
Thanks for tree specs Dave . I was looking around in my neck of the woods and here's a little history about where I live In Canada and the tress we have spruce and birch are abundant in the area, as are smaller bushes, And lots of fir bearing as well... There is literally millions of hectares of forrest and surrounded by fresh water lakes.. Just have to watch the bears There's been a few that have met there fate while out ...We live in a subarctic climate, very cold winters and mild to warm summers. And averages less than 300 mm (12 in) of precipitation annually, We are on the Canadian Shield lots of rock and sand..... 20 hours of daylight in the summer and about 5 hours of daylight in the winter.... Thanks for your detailed Videos I have learned alot from you and can't wait to get into the dirt and try them out... Cheers from Yellowknife
This two part series is awesome. One of the most under utilized resource in the bush because it takes a while to really identify and utilize .We need more videos like this
I'm currently trying my hand at making a self bow and I'd like to see your version of a Osage orange Winter identification video because these two in this series were exceptional. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
3 very large River Birch at the creek, 200 feet apart, all have long vertical cracks in the base, have a lot of lean to them, all have large cavities within, all look very healthy with leaves in the summer. I was able to get a camera in one cavity and it looked to be 30gl drum size. One that fell 2 years ago had a cavity in it 55gl drum size... now, that one did look weak and unhealthy before gravity and wind took their toll on it. It also had some ancient, wrist sized, dead poison ivy vines on it. Thanks, I learned things I didn't know... as usual.
no black walnut? that's one I was expecting to see before the end. Great set of videos, I've been trying to teach my kids to recognize the trees around them.
Might be the most informative video I've seen in quite a while. One of those things I never knew well, and lived in woodlands all my life. Its amazing how this knowledge is easily "lost" Thank you! please go further with the medicinal aspects when you can.
love these videos..makes me wanna go out and find all these trees on my property. Also dave it would be a good idea to do like a defferant tree each week and dive into what there good of such medicinal uses and grain type..just a though and or request...excluding poplar hickory birch and willow..because you have done videos on them before. love the videos keep them coming brother
Hey Dave. I live in the northern arizona mountain region. We have ponderosa pine, gambel oak, junipers, quaking aspen, and some other less prominent species. Where is a good resource to find out about the medicinal and fire starting usage of these trees? They are different and yet similar to some that you talk about in the Eastern woodlands. Thanks.
Dave, one quick question on the black cherry trees. I have several trees similar to that in my woods in NW Ohio. But I have never seen fruit on them. Do ALL black cherry trees have fruit growing on them at some time during the year or do some just not grow fruit in the wild?
Dogwood is good for shuttlecocks in weaving or the like. It has the characteristic of getting smoother the more you use it. Very good for lathe work because of that. Also, during the civil war when quinine was not available because of the northern blockade they would use the bark and the berries to produce a quinine like medicine to break the intermittent fevers of malaria...... very worthwhile tree.
Great info! Hoping for future additions to this series, to include even more species indicative of the eastern US. (Come on Dave, there's plenty more! Walnut, persimmon, conifers, etc.)
What about a silver Maple? Do they grow in the State of Ohio too I live in the northern portion of Nair Youngstown ohio. I seen what I was told was that they were silver. Maple nunners, the Maple that you were just talking about Curly Maple I'm kind of confused here but I like what you're doing. I'm learning something trying to figure it out. But i'm trying to learn something here
Hey nice new vid dude!!! Hay what software do you use and I just started my channel and will upload today but otherwise have no vids or subs so some support would be awesome!!!!! Thx
