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What trees grow in your state?
04/30/12 at 16:44:08

This wood trade got me thinking about what are the dominant trees that grow in your state. Are there trees like walnut that grow wild? In Oregon (my area anyway)fir spruce alder shore pine grow like weeds. Other woods like big leaf maple are not as common but grow. As you move away from the coast different trees. So what grows wild near you?

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Joseph Schlawin Senior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 317 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #1 - 04/30/12 at 17:00:18 I'm in Northwest Indiana, which is really a suburb of Chicago. We have a lot of Osage orange, soft maple, boxelder and oak. We also have sour cherry trees which get pretty big, around 30" diameter. The climate is mild enough that we also have bradford pear and other ornamentals that are available from time to time.
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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1589 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #2 - 04/30/12 at 17:08:09 OO is one of my favorites, I got the impression it was scarce. Is sour cherry a cherry tree or just a name.
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Reply #3 - 04/30/12 at 17:13:13

Cottonwood, box elder, Siberian Elm(Utahans call it Chinese Elm), Russian olive, aspen, Gable oak, Douglas fir, spruces, white pine, red pine, and some maple.

Russian olive and Siberian elm are taking over like weeds. I don't remember as much Russian olive when I was small but now the darn trees are everywhere. I get a lot because people are always removing it from their yards.

Sometimes you can get fruit woods from orchards when they start to turn over the old trees.

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ddt frederick holsclaw WR Addict Offline beam me up scotty Posts: 677 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #4 - 04/30/12 at 17:31:01 white oak,red oak,lodlolly pine,long leaf pine,maple,gum,walnut,hickory,poplar,wild cherry,pear. other than these not much good wood
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JimQuarles WR Administrator WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 10822 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #5 - 04/30/12 at 18:32:39 Olive, Mesquite, Desert Ironwood, African Sumac, Desert Ash, Acacia, Sweet Acacia, Sissou, Juniper, Palo Verde, & Palm. To name a few.
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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1589 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #6 - 04/30/12 at 18:45:14 I really like desert wood and the hard as nails wood too.
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Richard Beversdorf WR Patron Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 326 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #7 - 04/30/12 at 18:55:39 ddt frederick holsclaw wrote on 04/30/12 at 17:31:01: white oak,red oak,lodlolly pine,long leaf pine,maple,gum,walnut,hickory,poplar,wild cherry,pear. other than these not much good wood You left out our beloved Palmetto! (And grits, lets not forget the grits tree).
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John Lawson WR Supporter Online Wombats rule! Posts: 1424 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #8 - 04/30/12 at 19:42:55 The woods behind our house in NJ were mostly oak, beech, and tulip poplar. And plenty of sumac, though I'm not sure that counts as a tree. In Texas, I'm not too clear on what the trees are around here.
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Breck Whitworth WR Supporter Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 1261 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #9 - 04/30/12 at 21:13:36 We have about 7 different kinds of oak, 6 pine, hickory,pecan,cherry,sweetgum,magnolia,poplar,chinese tallow,maple,plum,bradford pear,cypress,cedar,sasafras,walnut,plum,and many more.
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Mike Baber WR Addict WR Supporter Offline When all else fails, ask someone who knows! Posts: 5952 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #10 - 04/30/12 at 22:27:03 In SC we acutely have 60 verity of trees, Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or of what grows in our state.
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Mike Mills WR Addict Offline Posts: 621	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #11 - 05/01/12 at 06:21:35 To follow the lead of Wizzy... Here is a list of trees native to NC. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Anyone ever turn any Possumhaw?
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Re: What trees grow in your state?
Reply #12 - 05/01/12 at 07:44:51

I'm not *too* far from Joseph, so we see a lot of the same stuff... I don't know a lot of the trees by sight. Based on what shows up in the firewood ads on Craigslist, there's a lot of maple, locust, maple, some cherry, maple, some russian olive, maple, and the occasional walnut tree that the owner heard was valuable so they'll let you have the wood if you come take it down for them... oh, did I mention maple?

Actually there was some Sycamore advertised not too far from here, was thinking of running out at lunch and seeing if there was any still there... Roll Eyes

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Re: What trees grow in your state?
Reply #13 - 05/01/12 at 08:13:39

Just near my house there is tons of black cherry (6 30"+ diameter in my back yard) mulberry, osage orange, red oak, box elder, red maple, and tulip poplar. Those and tons more I'm sure. They just took a huge red maple tree down near my shop, it was to big for me to carry any of pieces. Hopefully I can snag a few before they hall it away.

I love the deciduous forests of Kentucky!

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Glenn Jacobs WR Supporter Offline JC L&S Posts: 477 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #14 - 05/01/12 at 10:08:22 In North Texas, you have Pin oak, red oak, white oak, Mesquite, OO, and anything that was planted for shade/looks.
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