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Scott Wheeler WR Supporter Offline The wood on the wathe goes wound & wound Posts: 1471 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #15 - 05/01/12 at 13:20:06 Mostly Red/White Oak, lots and lots of Sycamore, Cherry, Walnut, Maple, Box Elder, Tulip Poplar, Black Gum, Sweet Gum, Sassafras, lots of Beech and some Elm. I am VERY lucky most of these either grow on my property or are down the street sitting in a tree trimmers yard waiting to turn into mulch that I have access too.
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Reply #16 - 05/01/12 at 15:20:02

In the Los Angeles area, I think the only true native trees are primarily oak and manzanita, and many (maybe all?) of them are protected. But over the past hundred years or so, people have planted just about every other type of tree imaginable, so if you keep your eyes open, you can get all sorts of American, Australian and Asian hardwoods and softwoods.

Here in Albuquerque, tumbleweeds and cholla cactus are the predominant trees. Grin

I've also seen elm, cottonwood, Russian olive, and the occasional maple or sycamore.

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Reply #17 - 05/01/12 at 20:41:03

Here on the coast of Washington State we have Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Cascara, Maple, Alder, Pacific Yew, Pine, some wild Cherry, Willow, Crab Apple. Unfortunatley not a lot of hardwoods other than the alder, maples and cascara. Lots of ornamentals have been introduced to this area as our moderate weather supports many non-native species. Some time ago I scored some sycamore from a tree that was 7.5' in diameter!

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John Cepko Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 128	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #18 - 05/01/12 at 20:48:00 Here on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay we have several varieties of Oak, Hickory,Tulip Poplar, many varieties of Pine, Maples. People have planted any number of different species of ornamental trees and shrubs. The local tree guys should be your friends.
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Reply #19 - 05/03/12 at 07:41:13

I have to pretty much copy what Vaughn said. Here in central CA,there is everything. The climate will allow just about anything to grow.
They claim that Sacramento (the city of trees) has more trees per capita than any other city in the world. Last month there was a tree drive to plant 30,000 trees in 30 days in our area. There is also a campaign to plant an additional 5 million trees by 2025.
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•Trees are good for our health.
•Trees are good for our neighborhoods.
•Trees are good for business.
•Trees are good for our environment.
•Trees are beautiful.
•Trees are good to turn Grin

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Reply #20 - 05/05/12 at 14:58:31

Don't forget Juniper and Pinon, Vaughn

Vaughn McMillan wrote on 05/01/12 at 15:20:02:

In the Los Angeles area, I think the only true native trees are primarily oak and manzanita, and many (maybe all?) of them are protected. But over the past hundred years or so, people have planted just about every other type of tree imaginable, so if you keep your eyes open, you can get all sorts of American, Australian and Asian hardwoods and softwoods.

Here in Albuquerque, tumbleweeds and cholla cactus are the predominant trees. Grin

I've also seen elm, cottonwood, Russian olive, and the occasional maple or sycamore.

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Reply #21 - 05/05/12 at 15:02:27

Great post! Very interesting to see this information. Not so fun to have to look up profiles and locations for those who don't mention where they live Sad

Here in MN we have lots of oak (red, white, pin), some maple, lots of ash, some elm, birch, poplar, cherry, box elder, red cedar, lots of pine (white and red) and spruce. Of course, and unfortunately, there is plenty of buckthorn and russian olive too.

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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1589 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #22 - 05/05/12 at 16:39:57 I am a little surprised at how some spices seem to grow all over the place, and some like wild cherry are more common than I thought. Didn't it used to say what state a person was from under our name when we post.?
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JimQuarles WR Administrator WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 10908 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #23 - 05/05/12 at 17:07:43 Scott glass wrote on 05/05/12 at 16:39:57: Didn't it used to say what state a person was from under our name when we post. You have to select that in your profile.
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Reply #24 - 05/05/12 at 17:21:56

Lets see, locally we have madrone, white oak, black oak, poderosa pine, doug fir, manzanita, buckeye, dogwood,cherry, walnut, maple (theres something like 200 species of various maples), Golden chain, holly, laurel (they get big, so I say its a tree past 30 ft) man u name it.. chances are someones planted it. We have a vast array of climate zones and micro climates, so there isnt much that doesnt grow here. The redwoods here are amazing, the birch forests Ive seen in the valleys of the redwoods are equally amazing. I could probably go on all day thinking of all the trees I've planted here.

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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1589 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #25 - 05/05/12 at 17:42:55 I have only one madrone bowl I have turned, it grows here to and I am keeping my eye out for it. In Oregon there are way more than I mentioned, I just don't know what most of them are. There are some trees here that grow more horizontal than vertical but I have no idea what they are.
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Cliff De Witt WR Devotee Offline Posts: 754 Gender:	Re: grow in your state? Reply #26 - 05/06/12 at 14:58:30 Jenny Trice wrote on 05/05/12 at 15:02:27: .... unfortunately, there is plenty of buckthorn and russian olive too. Oh Jenny, I have seen a couple of Russian olive pieces and I would gladly send you all the Hackberry you would want for some of that. I guess no one likes what they have a lot of.
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Reply #27 - 05/06/12 at 18:38:52

Cliff De Witt wrote on 05/06/12 at 14:58:30:

[quote author=6E414A4A5D7B70564D4741240 link=1335829448/21#21 date=1336255347].... unfortunately, there is plenty of buckthorn and russian olive too.

It is not that I don't like to turn russian olive and buckthorn, but they are invasive species that are very destructive to natural woods. I have a request out on craigslist to try to find some russian olive for turning. It looks beautiful from what I've seen from others pics. Maybe I will get some in the wood trade.

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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1589 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #28 - 05/06/12 at 19:30:31 I too want to try russian olive, it grew wild where I used to live but did not turn then I have seen one wood come up yet,( I might have missed it) and that is aromatic cedar. I thought it grew out east and is a beautiful wood.
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Kevin Hedrick Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 162 Gender:	Re: What trees grow in your state? Reply #29 - 05/06/12 at 22:29:20 we have a lot of cedar here (west coast) and the locals call it incense cedar, Im not sure we are talking about the same thing, but I can get you a picture of it if you like (we have a ton milled up less than 50 yards from where I sit now)
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