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Thread: A wood id quiz, just for fun
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9th October 2014, 07:46 PM #1
A wood id quiz, just for fun
OK, so I'm always carping that identifying wood from pics is a very dodgy business, & just for fun, I'm putting up these two pics to see if anyone out there can id it. I will be pretty surprised if anyone does, but who knows, there are some clever folk out there in Cyberland...
The first pic is of the bark & cut surface: 1 Bark & cut surface.jpg
And this is an end grain shot (not as clean as it ought to be (but you can see it well enough, I think): 2 End grain.jpg
I've got a couple more pics, that I will drip-feed you. One would give the game away, to a botanist, & at least one of those looks in here on occasion, so you're not getting either of these until I get a few suggestions.
Fire away!
Cheers,IW
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9th October 2014, 09:38 PM #2Senior Member
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ok, to start the ball rolling (and I don't expect to be right) - is it some sort of banksia?
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9th October 2014, 09:49 PM #3
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9th October 2014, 10:13 PM #4
Alright, alright, I was going to say something but I chickened out (coz I suspect that my guess is too obvious).
Be it an Acacia? Maybe a Casuarina or Allocasuarina, but no way can I go more specific than that......
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9th October 2014, 10:18 PM #5
The Timber.
Hi Ian,
To me, the Bark suggests that it might be Liquid Amber, BUT, the Wood I think, maybe a Wattle of some kind.
It looks like there is a Grub hole at the end, but a bit hard to tell.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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9th October 2014, 11:04 PM #6
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10th October 2014, 10:01 AM #7Senior Member
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My guess is blackwood or blueberry ash
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10th October 2014, 10:35 AM #8
Inga Edulis or inga Feuilleei, Ice Cream Bean Tree?
There ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk!!
Tom Waits
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10th October 2014, 12:58 PM #9
Looks like a wattle to me too.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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10th October 2014, 06:22 PM #10
Enough teasing (almost)
OK, some of your guesses are perfectly reasonable (but still incorrect.. ). Those saying 'a wattle' are at least in the family.
Here is a pic of the leaves: 3 Leaves.jpg
C'mon, just a few more suggestions, I'm on a little mission, here. I'll give you one more chance, then I'll spill the beans.....
Cheers,IW
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10th October 2014, 07:01 PM #11Senior Member
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sunshine wattle?
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10th October 2014, 07:20 PM #12Retired
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I would have said Grace Eucalypt as the bark, striping and cross were bang on, but the leaves are wrong. I saw a few in Sydney and my guess would be, seeing the leaves, Jacaranda or a species of "curry tree".
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10th October 2014, 07:31 PM #13
Nope, I said it's nota wattle. It's in the same family (Fabaceae, or legume family) but 'tisn't a wattle.
None of the above....
Alright, here's the only pictorial information that can really help : 4 Flowers & seeds.jpg
I'll tell you what it is after dinner, if no-one gets it now......
Cheers,IW
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10th October 2014, 07:45 PM #15
sally wattle ? (melinoxon ?) The half cut log has the same look. A lot of red centre with small amount of white near the bark.
I like this game Ian. Hope it becomes common here…… maybe there could be prizes involved down the track..
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