In article , Doug Miller
wrote:

In article ,
(Chuck) wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2005 13:59:16 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

I vote for sumac, which is bright yellow, not all that hard and has a
sweet scent.

But sumac isn't a tree at all, and doesn't look one bit like a willow or
elm.

At our last club meeting I held in my hand a piece of sumac "bush"
that was at least 8 or 9" in diameter that had bark as thick and
stringy as willow. Now you can quibble about "tree" or "bush" or
"shrub" if you want, but this was sumac and it was cut from a log.

I was referring to the entire plant, not a segment of it. Sumac isn't a tree,
and its growth habit doesn't much more than remotely resemble one, certainly
not enough that it could be confused with willow or elm. A short segment of a
sumac may well resemble a short segment of a willow, but when you compare the
entire plant, there's not much similarity at all.
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Doesn't Sumac glow under ultraviolet? That might help to narrow it
down. Black Locust will glow as well -- at least the heartwood. Any
others?

-j